title: Reply to Pang et al. letter: Multifaceted roles of platelets in the prognosis of patients with hepatoma.
authors.affiliation: Liver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.|Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.|Clinical Proteomics Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.|Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sen-Yung
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chern-Horng
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Cho-Li
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Heng
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000150:complications*