PRIMARY CARCINOMA OF THE LIVER
Authors: Dwight L. Wilbur, David A. Wood, Forrest M. Willett
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 March 1944PRIMARY CARCINOMA OF THE LIVERDWIGHT L. WILBUR, M.D., F.A.C.P., DAVID A. WOOD, M.D., FORREST M. WILLETT, M.D.DWIGHT L. WILBUR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID A. WOOD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FORREST M. WILLETT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-3-453 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrimary carcinoma of the liver is alleged to be a rare disease in North America and Europe. In other parts of the world and especially in the Orient and South Africa it is said to occur much more commonly. Our interest in the disease has been stimulated by this apparent curious variation in geographical distribution, and because we recently have had under our observation several cases of the disease presenting unusual clinical and pathological manifestations. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Francisco, California*Received for publication September 28, 1942.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology (Dr. Wood), Stanford University School of Medicine.Read before the Sections on Gastro-enterology and Proctology, and Pathology and Physiology at the Ninety-third Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Atlàntic City, June 12, 1942. 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