Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with an Atypical Presentation of Wilson's Disease

Ruliang Xu; Moueen Bu-Ghanim; M. Isabel Fiel; Thomas Schiano; Emil Cohen; Swan N. Thung

doi:10.1055/s-2007-967203

Seminars in Liver Disease, Table of Contents

Semin Liver Dis 2007; 27(1): 122-127
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967203

DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS IN HEPATOLOGY

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with an Atypical Presentation of Wilson's Disease

Ruliang Xu¹ , Moueen Bu-Ghanim¹ , M. Isabel Fiel¹ , Thomas Schiano² ^, ³ , Emil Cohen⁴ , Swan N. Thung¹

¹The Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepatology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
³Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
⁴Department of Radiology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

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