Elevated α-fetoprotein and a pancreatic tumour

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Liu, K L ^a   Teng, Y C ^a   Tien, Y Wn ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 41149116002     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.115014     Document Type: Article

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