Background. Patients with cirrhosis have a high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) but it is unclear how the etiology of liver disease influences tumor development. The authors evaluated hepatitis B and C virus (HBV, HCV) infection in cirrhosis in relation to the risk of HCC. Methods. Two hundr
Risk of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in subjects with hepatitis B and delta virus infection: A study from Kure, Japan
β Scribed by I. TAMURA; O. KURIMURA; T. KODA; H. ICHIMURA; S. KATAYAMA; T. KURIMURA; Y. INABA
- Book ID
- 118704278
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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