Alpha-fetoprotein should be included in the hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance guidelines of the american association for the study of liver diseases

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1060-1061

  Marrero, Jorge A ^a   El Serag, Hashem B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952230973     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24033     Document Type: Letter

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