Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma: Three case reports and a categorized review of the literature

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1147-1153

  Oquiñena, Susana ^a   Iñarrairaegui, Mercedes ^b   Vila, Juan J ^a   Alegre, Felix ^b   Zozaya, Jose M ^a   Sangro, Bruno ^b,c  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 63949083417     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0447-z     Document Type: Article

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