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Reasons why West Africa continues to be a hotbed for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exhibits a huge disease burden on West Africa, with a large proportion of all HCC cases worldwide occurring in the sub-region. The high HCC prevalence is due to the endemicity of a number of risk factors, most notably hepatitis B, C and HIV. West African HCC also displ...

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Autores principales: Tognarelli, Joshua, Ladep, Nimzing G., Crossey, Mary M. E., Okeke, Edith, Duguru, Mary, Banwat, Edmund, Taylor-Robinson, Simon D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4697207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.165032