Clinical and pathologic features of hepatocellular carcinoma in young and older italian patients
โ Scribed by Franco Trevisani; Paola E. D'Intino; Gian L. Grazi; Paolo Caraceni; Antonio Gasbarrini; Alessandra Colantoni; Giuseppe F. Stefanini; Alighieri Mazziotti; Giuseppe Gozzetti; Giovanni Gasbarrini; Mauro Bernardi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 952 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
Supported by grants from Minister0 dell'llniversita e della Ricerca Scientifica (Fondi 40% 1992), and from Ricerca in Medicina.
P. E. D'lntino was supported by Roussel ltalia Award 1992. * Deceased.
The authors thank Prof. Giuseppe Gozzetti. He was a pioneer of hepatic surgery and transplantation in Italy, and a master for all who worked with him.
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