Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is less common and occurs at a much older age in urban than in rural southern African Blacks. These differences may reflect differences in the etiology of the tumor in the two populations. The purpose of this study was to compare the hepatitis B virus (HBV) status of 1
Resectability rate of hepatocellular carcinoma in rural southern Africans
β Scribed by Rinah Maraj; Professor M. C. Kew; R. J. Hyslop
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 533 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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