the fact that some hcc patients present with severe diarrhea , an unusual symptom in liver cirrhosis , prompted us to determine the prevalence of diarrhea in a series of 23 consecutive hcc patients and compare it with that of a control group formed by cirrhotic patients without hcc , matched by age , sex , and etiology of the liver disease .
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liver cirrhosis
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of the liver disease