Sensitive measurement of serum abnormal prothrombin (PIVKA-II) as a marker of hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in Hepatogastroenterology on November 04, 1999

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Y Tanaka1, T Kashiwagi, H Tsutsumi, M Nagasawa, T Toyama, S Ozaki, M Naito, K Ishibashi, M Azuma

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1: Department of Medicine, Osaka Koseinenkin Hospital, Japan.

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