Clinical and laboratory findings of 92 cases of pathologically verified noncirrhotic primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were analyzed and compared with that of 174 cases of cirrhotic HCC during the same period. Ninety-two cases of noncirrhotic HCC constitute one third of all the cases of HCC. Th
A case-control study of primary hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan
✍ Scribed by S. N. Lu; T. M. Lin; C. J. Chen; J. S. Chen; Y. F. Liaw; W. Y. Chang; S. T. Hsu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 506 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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