Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in India: A retrospective analysis of 191 cases

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 479-485

  Kumar, R ^a   Saraswat, M Kumar ^a   Sharma, B Chander ^a   Sakhuja, P ^a   Sarin, S K ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 44849110845     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn033     Document Type: Article

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