Circulating levels of growth differentiation factor 15 and sex hormones in male patients with HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

This study aimed to investigate the levels of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a stress-induced factor, and sex hormones in male patients with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the association between the two. In this study, we recruited 298 male participants including 83 healt...

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Main Authors: Juanjuan Chen, Wen Dai, Chengliang Zhu, Huan Liu, Yan Li, Pingan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Subjects:
HBV
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219351960