Did AFP-L3 save ultrasonography in community screening?
In the community screening, those subjects with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) required further abdomen ultrasonography (US) to detect hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, some chronic hepatitis patients might have elevated AFP. AFP-L3, has been proposed to differentiate HCC and hepatiti...
Main Authors: | Chih-Wei Yen, Yuan-Hung Kuo, Jing-Houng Wang, Kuo-Chin Chang, Kwong-Ming Kee, Shu-Feng Hung, Yi Chen, Lin-San Tsai, Shu-Chuan Chen, Chao-Hung Hung, Sheng-Nan Lu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-10-01
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Series: | Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X18301232 |
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