Liver hepatocyte growth factor does not always correlate with hepatocellular proliferation in human liver lesions: Its specific receptor c- met does

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-64

  D'Errico, Antonia ^a   Fiorentino, Michelangelo ^a   Ponzetto, Antonio ^b   Daikuhara, Y ^c   Tsubouchi, H ^c   Brechot, Christian ^e   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^e   Grigioni, Walter F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e Policlinico S Orsola ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

EID: 0029974338     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008707284     Document Type: Article

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