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Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Sept 2016
Zhang Yuan-Qing, Peng Li-Jun, Cao Yi-Rong, Zeng Zhi-Ping, Wu Yu-Jing, Shi Hong, Cheng Shi-Yao, Wang Ji-Yao, Friedman Scott L, Sninsky John J, Guo Jin-Sheng
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AIMS: To investigate the clinical and genetic risk factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS: Nine hundred forty-nine Chinese Han patients with CHB were studied, including noncirrhotic patients without HCC (N = 234), cirrhotic patients without (N = 281) and with HCC (N = 434). Patients were genotyped for 10 candidate single nucleotide...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Female
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
