title: Response to letter to the editors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine; Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Francis Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hameed
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins