Diagnosis, Staging, and Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2018 Practice Guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Hepatology - Tập 68 Số 2 - Trang 723-750 - 2018
Jorge A. Marrero1, Laura Kulik2, Claude B. Sirlin3, Andrew X. Zhu4, Richard S. Finn5, Michaël Abécassis2, Lewis R. Roberts6, Julie K. Heimbach6
1UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
3University of California SanDiego,San Diego,CA
4Massachusets General Hospital,Boston,MA
5UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
6Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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