Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 40-44 , January 2008

Successful Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Male Patient with Early Stage Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Positive Serum Hepatitis B Core Antibody

  • Chien-Wei Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institutes of Clinical Medicine and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Jaw-Ching Wu

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institutes of Clinical Medicine and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jaw-Ching Wu, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, 155, Section 2, Li-Nong Street, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C
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  • Yi-You Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shyh-Haw Tsay

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Teh-Ia Huo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institutes of Pharmacology and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yi-Hsiang Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institutes of Clinical Medicine and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hung-Hsu Hung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Han-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shou-Dong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 28 June 2007 ,Accepted 14 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70071-6

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 40-44 , January 2008

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