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De Novo Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurring in a Transplanted Liver: Case Report and Review of the Literature

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We thank Dr. Swan N. Thung for her input on the manuscript.

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  1. The Lillian and Henry M. Stratton-Hans Popper Department of Pathology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Anca Croitoru, Ruliang Xu, Arief Suriawinata & M. Isabel Fiel

  2. The Recanati-Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Thomas D. Schiano, Myron Schwartz & Sasan Roayaie

  3. Adult Liver Transplantation, Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1104, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Thomas D. Schiano

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Croitoru, A., Schiano, T.D., Schwartz, M. et al. De Novo Hepatocellular Carcinoma Occurring in a Transplanted Liver: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Dig Dis Sci 51, 1780–1782 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9333-8

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