Primary liver tumor associated with Werner syndrome (adult progeria)

Hepatology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1260-1265

  Okano, Hiroshi ^a   Isono, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Hiroki ^a   Ishihara, Yoshiko ^a   Matsusaki, Shimpei ^a   Aoki, Masatoshi ^a   Sase, Tomohiro ^a   Saitou, Tomonori ^a   Mukai, Katsumi ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a   Takemoto, Minoru ^b   Yokote, Koutaro ^b  

^a SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Gene analysis; Hepatoma; Malignancy; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY LIVER TUMOR; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 82255194383     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2011.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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