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Donor origin of de novo hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatic allografts.
Transplantation - 15 Sept 2003
Flemming Peer, Tillmann Hans L, Barg-Hock Hannelore, Kleeberger Wolfram, Manns Michael P, Klempnauer Juergen, Kreipe Hans H
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BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) that originate de novo in liver transplants without preceding HCC in the explanted organ have only rarely been reported. Because recent data demonstrated a mixed hepatocellular chimerism caused by the integration of host-derived stem cells, a study was...
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