Clinicopathological characteristics of alpha-fetoprotein-producing gastric cancer

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Chun, Huan ^a   Kwon, Sung Joon ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoproteins; Liver metastasis; Prognosis; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867523699     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2011.11.1.23     Document Type: Article

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