Elevated serum levels of Chromogranin A in hepatocellular carcinoma

BMC Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Biondi, Antonio ^a   Malaguarnera, Giulia ^a   Vacante, Marco ^a   Berretta, Massimiliano ^b   Dagata, Velia ^a   Malaguarnera, Michele ^a   Basile, Francesco ^a   Drago, Filippo ^a   Bertino, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHGA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CHROMOGRANIN A; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOGRANIN A; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869405641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S7     Document Type: Article

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