Liver Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2005; 11(42): 6607-6612
Published online Nov 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6607
Assessment of KL-6 as a tumor marker in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Amal Gad, Eiji Tanaka, Akihiro Matsumoto, Moushira Abd-el Wahab, Abd el-Hamid Serwah, Fawzy Attia, Khalil Ali, Howayda Hassouba, Abd el-Raoof el-Deeb, Tetsuya Ichijyo, Takeji Umemura, Hidetomo Muto, Kaname Yoshizawa, Kendo Kiyosawa
Amal Gad, Eiji Tanaka, Akihiro Matsumoto, Moushira Abd-el Wahab, Tetsuya Ichijyo, Takeji Umemura, Hidetomo Muto, Kaname Yoshizawa, Kendo Kiyosawa, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Amal Gad, Abd el-Hamid Serwah, Fawzy Attia, Khalil Ali, Howayda Hassouba, Abd el-Raoof el-Deeb, Suez Canal University School of Medicine, Ismailia, Egypt
Kendo Kiyosawa, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Institutes of Organ Transplants, Reconstructive Medicine and Tissue Engineering, Matsumoto, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Takeda Foundation, Osaka, Japan
Correspondence to: Eiji Tanaka, MD, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan. etanaka@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
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Received: March 13, 2005
Revised: April 26, 2005
Accepted: April 30, 2005
Published online: November 14, 2005
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