Alpha-fetoprotein Level Predicts Recurrence After Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

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Published in Medicine (Baltimore) on January 01, 2016

Authors

Luciana dos Santos Schraiber1, Angelo Alves de Mattos, Maria Lucia Zanotelli, Guido Pio Cracco Cantisani, Ajácio Bandeira de Mello Brandão, Cludio Augusto Marroni, Guilhermo Kiss, Lucas Ernani, Patrícia dos Santos Marcon

Author Affiliations

1: From the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde (LSS, AADM, ABMB, CAM, LE, PSM) and Santa Casa de Misericórdia, de Porto Alegre, Brazil (MLZ, GPCC, ABMB, CAM, GK).

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