Spontaneous partial regression of hepatocellular carcinoma in a cirrhotic patient

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-69

  Meza Junco, Judith ^a,d   Montaño Loza, Aldo J ^b,d   Martinez Benítez, Braulio ^a,d   Cabrera Aleksandrova, Tatiana ^c,d  

^a Department of Oncology ^*

^b Gastroenterology

^c Radiology

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33947184220     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31957-x     Document Type: Article

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