It has been suggested that hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may have worse outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) because of more aggressive tumor biology. In this study, we determined the post-LT survival of HCC patients with and without HCV using United Netwo
The risk of end stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma among persons infected with hepatitis C virus: publication bias?
β Scribed by Boone Goodgame; Nicholas J Shaheen; Joseph Galanko; Hashem B El-Serag
- Book ID
- 119394294
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 98
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9270
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