Zhonghua bing li xue za zhi Chinese journal of pathology
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Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi · Apr 2014
[Significance of arginase-1, glypican-3, hepatocyte paraffin antigen 1 and alpha-fetoprotein in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of liver tumors].
To study the expression of arginase-1 (Arg-1), glypican-3 (GPC3), hepatocyte paraffin antigen 1 (HepPar-1) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), benign liver lesions (BLL) and metastatic carcinoma (MC), and their applications in diagnosis and differential diagnosis. ⋯ Arg-1 is a sensitive hepatocellular marker in delineation of liver lesions.GPC3 is a relatively specific marker in diagnosis of HCC.