Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Pakistan: National Trends and Global Perspective.

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Published in Gastroenterol Res Pract on February 03, 2016

Authors

Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti1, Faisal Saud Dar1, Anum Waheed2, Kashif Shafique3, Faisal Sultan4, Najmul Hassan Shah5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of HPB and Liver Transplantation, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2: Sind Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan.
3: Department of Public Health, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
4: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.
5: Department of Transplant Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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