Hepatocellular carcinoma and sex

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1974-1976

  Wands, Jack ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; ESTROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARMOTA; MICE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 35848938907     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr075652     Document Type: Article

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