Role of serum glypican-3 in the diagnosis and differentiation of small hepatocellular carcinoma from hepatitis-C virus cirrhosis

Background: Serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has insufficient sensitivity and specificity for detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recently, glypican-3 (GLP-3) was suggested as a new biomarker for the detection HCC. Objectives: To determine the role of serum GLP-3 levels in the early diagnosis...

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Main Authors: Eman A.E. Badr, Tarek E. Korah, Ashraf Abdel Ghani, Sawsan El-Sayed, Safaa Badr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-09-01
Series:Alexandria Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090506814000062