Value of alpha-fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma
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Excessive alpha-fetoprotein concentrations in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Excessive alpha-fetoprotein concentrations in hepatocellular carcinoma We describe a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma, whose serum concentration of ac-fetoprotein exceeded 4 800 000 ,ug/l and produced an extra band on protein electrophoresis. complaining of severe right shoulder pain and abdominal distension of about two weeks' duration. He had a massively enlarged liver with considerable ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2415-1289
DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2019.12.19