Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs at an earlier age in Africans, particularly in association with chronic Hepatitis B

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1629-1631

  Yang, Ju Dong ^a   Gyedu, Adam ^b   Afihene, Mary Yeboah ^b   Duduyemi, Babatunde M ^b   Micah, Eileen ^b   Kingham, T Peter ^c   Nyirenda, Mulinda ^d   Nkansah, Adwoa Agyei ^e   Bandoh, Salome ^e   Duguru, Mary J ^f   Okeke, Edith N ^f   Kouakou Lohoues, Marie Jeanne ^g   Abdo, Abdelmounem ^h   Awuku, Yaw Asante ⁱ   Ajayi, Akande Oladimeji ^j   Omonisi, Abidemi Emmanuel ^j   Ocama, Ponsiano ^k   Malu, Abraham O ^l   Mustapha, Shettima ^m   Okonkwo, Uchenna ⁿ   Kooffreh Ada, Mbang ⁿ   Debes, Jose ^o,p   Onyekwere, Charles ^q   Ekere, Francis ^q   Rufina, Igetei ^q   Roberts, Lewis R ^a   more..

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^g CHU de Cocody   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^h Ibn Sina Hospital   (Sudan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^j EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^k MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^l BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^o Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^q LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN; AGE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL RECORD; MIXED INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948779791     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2015.289     Document Type: Letter

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