approximately 3%. 3,4 Early detection of HCC in cirrhotic pa-A prospective study was performed to establish tients can usually be achieved by screening with noninvasive whether infection with specific hepatitis C virus (HCV) techniques, such as ultrasound (US) scan and serum a-fetogenotypes was ass
Histological features of cirrhosis with hepatitis C virus for prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma development; A prospective study
β Scribed by Makino, Yukirou; Shiraki, Katsuya; Sakai, Takahisa; Inoue, Hidekazu; Ohmori, Shigeru; Takase, Koujiro; Nakano, Takeshi
- Book ID
- 122476900
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Volume
- 118
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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