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hepatoma [‚hep·ə′tō·mə] (medicine) A usually malignant neoplasm arising from parenchymal cells of the liver. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nonetheless, ecologic studies of this kind have been pivotal in developing and exploring major hypotheses of public health importance, for example, the linking of malignant hepatoma (which has very high incidence in Asian populations) with hepatitis B infection (Beasley 1988) and the seminal work of Keys and colleagues in elucidating the role of saturated fat in the etiology of coronary heart disease (Keys 1980). 1975), multiple sclerosis (Lolin and Ward 1995), chronic "cryptogenic" liver disease (Carlson and Eriksson 1985), and malignant hepatoma (Carlson and Eriksson 1985). |
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