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Hepatocarcinoma in viral and metabolic liver disease.

Rosenthal P

University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0136, USA. prosenth@peds.ucsf.edu

It is becoming increasingly evident that children, like adults, with chronic viral or metabolic liver diseases are at risk for the development of hepatocarcinoma. The aims of this article are to review the risk factors for hepatocarcinoma in chronic viral or metabolic liver disease, outline potential pathogenic mechanisms of hepatocarcinoma, and describe surveillance strategies, clinical evaluation, and management of hepatocarcinoma in children.

Published 27 March 2008 in J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 46(4): 370-5.
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