Differential diagnosis between hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis through a discriminant function based on results for serum analytes

We applied a multivariate analysis to a large series of serum biochemical tests in an attempt to identify a function that could efficiently discriminate cirrhosis from hepatocellular carcinoma (HC). We analyzed two successive temporal cohorts (1987-90; 1991-94) of HC and cirrhotic patients, all hist...

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