Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma: Two case reports and a literature review

Hepatology Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-190

  Kato, Hideaki ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Muramatsu, Motoe ^b   Orito, Etsuto ^c   Ueda, Ryuzo ^c   Mizokami, Masashi ^c  

^a Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^b Aoyama General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Herbal medicine; Lung metastasis; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL NICOTINATE; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; EPALRESTAT; EPERISONE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; LOXOPROFEN; VITAMIN K GROUP; VOGLIBOSE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; TUMOR VOLUME; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2942662466     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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