Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 850-853

  Sarbah, Steedman A ^a   Gramlich, Terry ^a   Younoszai, Abraham ^b   Osmack, Pat ^c   Goormastic, Marlene ^a   Grosso, Leonard ^c   Cooper, James N ^b   Di Bisceglie, Adrian ^c   Seneca, Russell ^b   Younossi, Zobair M ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042843757     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000030098.75759.32     Document Type: Article

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