Liver injury due to iron overload in thalassemia: Histopathologic and ultrastructural studies

BioMetals

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-183

  Thakerngpol, Kleophant ^a   Fucharoen, Suthat ^a   Boonyaphipat, Pleumjit ^b   Srisook, Kanittar ^a   Sahaphong, Somphong ^c   Vathanophas, Vithya ^a   Stitnimankarn, Tinrat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Iron overload; Liver injury; Thalassemia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN H; HEMOSIDERIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0029975971     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00144623     Document Type: Article

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