Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 93-96 , February 2010

Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Presentation of Budd-Chiari Syndrome

  • Wei-Yu Kao

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Wei-Yu Kao and Hung-Hsu Hung contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hung-Hsu Hung

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Wei-Yu Kao and Hung-Hsu Hung contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Hsueh-Chieh Lu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Han-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jaw-Ching Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shou-Dong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chien-Wei Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, 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.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chien-Wei Su, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 26 May 2009 ,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70008-3

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 93-96 , February 2010

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