Multiple pregnancies, hepatitis C, and risk for hepatocellular carcinoma in Egyptian women

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Amr, Sania ^a   Iarocci, Emily A ^b   Nasr, Ghada R ^c   Saleh, Doa'a ^c   Blancato, Jan ^b   Shetty, Kirti ^b   Loffredo, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis C; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pregnancy; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPTIAN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EGYPT; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84924410467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-893     Document Type: Article

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