The serum ferritin level was raised in 34 of 35 (97%) patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and in 20 of 23 (87%) with uncomplicated cirrhosis. Levels rose following therapeutic embolisation in 14 of 15 patients and continued to rise in 85% of all tumor patients who showed no clinical response to c
Serum alphafetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Ding-Shinn Chen; Juei-Low Sung
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 309 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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