Clinical usefulness of PIVKA-II measured by sensitive enzyme immunoassay and AFP-L3 measured by automated analyzer in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

The usefulness of determining des-γ-carb

The usefulness of determining des-γ-carboxy prothrombin by sensitive enzyme immunoassay in the early diagnosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

✍ Yuhsaku Mita; Yutaka Aoyagi; Masahiko Yanagi; Takeshi Suda; Yasufumi Suzuki; Hit 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 87 KB 👁 1 views

## Background: Measurements of serum concentrations of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (dcp) are widely used for diagnosing hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). however, the dcp is not always sensitive enough to detect small hccs. in the current study, the authors investigated the usefulness of dcp in the