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Elevated Serum Levels of Alpha-Fetoprotein in Patients with Infantile Hemangioma Are Not Derived from within the Tumor

AIMS: The embryonic-like stem cell origin of infantile hemangioma (IH) and the observed elevated serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in patients with hepatic IH led us to investigate if this tumor was the source of AFP. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We measured serial serum levels of AFP in patients wi...

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Autores principales: Itinteang, Tinte, Chibnall, Alice M., Marsh, Reginald, Dunne, Jonathan C., de Jong, Sophie, Davis, Paul F., Leadbitter, Philip, Tan, Swee T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00005