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Cheong: Is It Necessary for NAFLD Patients to be Screened for Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2014;63(5):265-267.

Published online: 4 October 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2014.63.5.265

Is It Necessary for NAFLD Patients to be Screened for Hepatocellular Carcinoma?

Jae Youn Cheong

Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

Correspondence to: Jae Youn Cheong, Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 206 WorldCup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-749, Korea. Tel: +82-31-219-5119, Fax: +82-31-219-7820, E-mail: jaeyoun620@gmail.com

Copyright © 2014 Korean Ophthalmological Society

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Clinical Features of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Cryptogenic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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