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Molecular aspects of hepatic carcinogenesis.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2000
Nita Marcelo Eidi, Alves Venâncio Avancini Ferreira, Carrilho Flair José, Ono-Nita Suzane Kioko, Mello Evandro Sobroza de, Gama-Rodrigues Joaquim J
Abstract excerpt
Exogenous agents correlated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been identified and well characterized. These agents, including the different viruses that cause chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis, can lead to regenerative nodules and dysplastic nodules/adenomatous hyperplasia. These conditions associated with several molecular alterations of hepatocyte ultimately culminate in hepatocellular carcinoma. Recently,...
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