Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and high baseline AFP were the only variables independently To the Editor: correlated with the risk of developing HCC. Thus, our prospective study, based on a larger number of We read with interest the article by Bruno et al. (p. 75
Hepatitis C virus genotypes and development of hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi; Kazuhiko Koike; Kiyomi Yasuda; Kyoji Moriya; Kunihiko Hino; Kiyoshi Kurokawa; Shiro Iino
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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