Alpha-fetoprotein and tumour size are associated with microvascular invasion in explanted livers of patients undergoing transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in HPB (Oxford) on February 01, 2010

Authors

Patrick P McHugh1, Jeffrey Gilbert, Santiago Vera, Alvaro Koch, Dinesh Ranjan, Roberto Gedaly

Author Affiliations

1: Transplant Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.

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