Hypoglycemia, an atypical early sign of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-211

  Sorlini, Marialuisa ^a   Benini, Federica ^a   Cravarezza, Primarosa ^a   Romanelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hypoglycemia; Tumor mass

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCITEMENT; FEVER; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HEART MUSCLE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PALPATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLENOMEGALY; TUMOR VOLUME; VIREMIA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149470566     PISSN: 19416628     EISSN: 19416636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12029-010-9137-0     Document Type: Article

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