ABO blood group and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

ABO blood group and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

BACKGROUND: Studies have observed an association between the ABO blood group and risk of certain malignancies. However, no studies of the association with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk are available. We conducted this hospital-based case-control study to examine the association with HCC in pat...

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Main Authors: Qiang Li, Cui-Hua Yu, Jin-Hong Yu, Li Liu, Shuang-Shuang Xie, Wen-Wen Li, Xia Yang, Wen-Bo Fan, Zhong-Tao Gai, Shi-Jun Chen, Naoya Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3250489?pdf=render

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