Hepatotoxic iron storage in patients with chronic hepatitis C but no hepatic iron detectable histochemically

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 70-75

  Yano, Motoyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Hisao ^b   Wakusawa, Shinya ^b   Takikawa, Toshikuni ^b   Ikeda, Ritsuko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free radical; Pathogenesis; Treatment; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002033589     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01545084     Document Type: Article

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