Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology and Etiology
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Davide Degli Esposti1,2, Morando Soffritti3,*, Antoinette Lemoine1,2, Eva Tibaldi3 and Marco Manservigi3 1AP-HP, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Inserm; Université Paris-Sud 11; PRES Universud-Paris; Paul Vaillant Couturier 2Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Cellulaire, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud 11, Jean Baptiste Clément 3Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center, Ramazzini Institute, Castello di Bentivoglio, Via Saliceto, Bentivoglio, Bologna, 1,2France 3Italy
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