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Studies on the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in heavy drinkers with liver cirrhosis.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement - 1 Jan 1993
Suzuki M, Suzuki H, Mizuno H, Tominaga T, Kono M, Kato Y, Sato A, Okabe K
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in heavy drinkers who drank more than 130 g per day for more than 10 years, and non-drinkers with cirrhosis who were positive or negative hepatitis C virus (HCV) markers, was analyzed in order to evaluate the effect of a large amount of alcohol on the development of HCC. A parallel study was also conducted in some patients from the aspect of HCV genotypes. Among 57...
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