We read with great interest the article by Cavazza et al., 1 who demonstrated that an advanced histological stage was the only risk factor associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) from two European centers. Similar results wer
Prospective analysis of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma on patients with cirrhosis
✍ Scribed by Giovan Giuseppe Di Costanzo; Manuel Rodríguez; Rosario F. Velázquez
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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