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Familial hepatocellular carcinoma in an endemic area: two case reports

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) usually affects patients aged 50–70 years but earlier onset (25–40 years) may occur in hepatitis B endemic areas. 70–90 % of HCC develop on a background of cirrhosis. However, hepatitis B virus is directly oncogenic and can cause HCC in the absence of cirrh...

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Autores principales: Weledji, Elroy P., Nsagha, Dickson S., Enoworock, George, Mouladje, Maurice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26342351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1366-7

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