Recent studies suggest that diabetes mellitus increases the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study is to quantify the risk of HCC among patients with both diabetes mellitus and hepatitis C in a large cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis.
Does past infection with hepatitis B increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C induced cirrhosis?
β Scribed by Nair, Satheesh; Perrillo, Robert P.
- Book ID
- 122101721
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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