Clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a review of human studies

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Oda, Kohei ^a   Uto, Hirofumi ^a   Mawatari, Seiichi ^a   Ido, Akio ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKINE; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; FRUCTOSE; THIOREDOXIN;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922998556     PISSN: 18657257     EISSN: 18657265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12328-014-0548-5     Document Type: Review

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