Impact of cirrhosis aetiology on incidence and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosed during surveillance

Background & Aims: In this study we aimed to analyse the impact of the aetiology of cirrhosis on the incidence, characteristics and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnosed during a surveillance program.Methods: Individual data from a randomized trial and 2 prospective cohorts of patients with compensated histologically proven cirr

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Purification of Sucrose in Sugar Beet Molasses by Utilizing Ceramic Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes

Molasses is a sugar mill by-product with low value that today is used primarily for animal feed.However, molasses contains large amounts of sucrose which, if purified, could be used for other purposes.In this study, purification by membrane filtration using ceramic tubular ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) was examined.NF purifies sucros

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