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A premature proposal for new liver cancer seromarkers

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by projects from the Self-raised Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Health of Guangxi Province (nos. Z2015716, Z2015601, Z2015621, Z2014241).

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    1. Gastroenterology Department, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China

      Liu-Cheng Wu

    2. Hepatobiliary Surgery Department, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, He Di Rd. #71, Nanning, 530021, China

      Wen-Feng Gong & Jian-Hong Zhong

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    Liu-Cheng Wu and Wen-Feng Gong contributed equally to this work.

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    Wu, LC., Gong, WF. & Zhong, JH. A premature proposal for new liver cancer seromarkers. Tumor Biol. 37, 4293–4294 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13277-016-4801-z

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