Ito cell or ‘activated liver myofibroblast’

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-176

  Arthur, Michael J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0030077974     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601500207     Document Type: Article

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