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Sensitivity and Specificity of Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin for Diagnosis of Patients with Hepatoce...

Sensitivity and Specificity of Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin for Diagnosis of Patients with Hepatoce...

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Sensitivity and Specificity of Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin for Diagnosis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinomas Varies According to Tumor Size

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Sensitivity and Specificity of Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin for Diagnosis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinomas Varies According to Tumor Size

Publisher

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing

Journal title

The American journal of gastroenterology, 2006-09, Vol.101 (9), p.2038-2043

Language

English

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Oxford: Blackwell Publishing

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Contents

Serum levels of des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) are known to be useful tumor markers for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study was to examine the diagnostic efficacy of DCP and AFP in differentiating HCC from chronic liver diseases.
We examined 1,377 HCC patients and 355 patients w...

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Sensitivity and Specificity of Des-Gamma-Carboxy Prothrombin for Diagnosis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinomas Varies According to Tumor Size

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68849769

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68849769

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ISSN

0002-9270

E-ISSN

1572-0241

DOI

10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00681.x

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