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Alpha-fetoprotein above normal levels as a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients infected with hepatitis C virus

✍ Scribed by Masakuni Tateyama; Hiroshi Yatsuhashi; Naota Taura; Yasuhide Motoyoshi; Shinya Nagaoka; Kenji Yanagi; Seigo Abiru; Koji Yano; Atsumasa Komori; Kiyoshi Migita; Minoru Nakamura; Hiroyasu Nagahama; Yutaka Sasaki; Yuzo Miyakawa; Hiromi Ishibashi

Publisher: Springer Japan
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 290 KB
Volume: 46
Category: Article
ISSN: 0944-1174
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0293-6

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