Collagen content of liver biopsy specimens in patients with chronic hepatitis

International Hepatology Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 311-315

  Nakabayashi, Hitomi ^a   Takamatsu, Seigo ^a   Tsujii, Hiroyuki ^a   Okamoto, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakano, Hiroshi ^a   Yamada, Eiji ^a   Ichijima, Kunio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image analysis; Liver cirrhosis; Liver fibrosis; Sirius red stain

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029972703     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4346(96)00262-9     Document Type: Article

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