Epidemiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in lower Egypt, Mansoura Gastroenterology Center

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 73, 2007, Pages 157-162

  Abdel Wahab, Mohamed ^a   El Ghawalby, N ^a   Mostafa, M ^a   Sultan, A ^a   El Sadany, M ^b   Fathy, O ^a   Salah, T ^a   Ezzat, F ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Delta Egypt; Epidemiology; HBs; HCV; Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Rural; Transcatheter arterial chemoembolizations; Urban

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34047179392     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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