Surgical approach for hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-77

  Shindoh, Junichi ^a,b   Hashimoto, Masaji ^a   Watanabe, Goro ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920885230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i1.70     Document Type: Article

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