Prognostic staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma (CLIP score): its value and limitations, and a proposal for a new staging system, the Japan Integrated Staging Score (JIS score)
β Scribed by Masatoshi Kudo; Hobyung Chung; Yukio Osaki
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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