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Maternal transmission of hepatocellular carcinoma
Cancer
|October 1, 1984
Abstract:
A family in which four members have died of hepatocellular carcinoma is presented. Hepatitis B surface antigen was present in both cases in which it was sought and also present in nine of ten surviving siblings in the second generation. Maternal transmission of hepatitis B surface antigen and susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma is postulated.