Potential of laparoscopy in chronic liver disease with hepatitis B and C viruses

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 877-885

  Arase, Yasuji ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Yatsuji, Hiromi ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laparoscopy; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 48949100511     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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