Markedly elevated alpha-fetoprotein levels without hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 60, 2004, Pages 1676-1678

  Cheema, Ahmad W ^a   Hirschtritt, Todd ^a   Van Thiel, David H ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Hepatic cancer; Hepatitis C; Interferon alpha therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; INTERFERON;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 6344250533     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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