Hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with autoimmune liver diseases: Two case reports and literature review

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-126

  Meza Junco, Judith ^a   Montaño Loza, Aldo J ^a   Martínez Benitez, Braulio ^a   Kimura Hayama, Eric ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

EID: 34249943914     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31945-3     Document Type: Review

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