The ultrastructure of spiralled collagen in liver fibrosis

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Sato, Shigeru ^a   Adachi, Akiko ^a   Satomura, Katsuaki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Liver fibrosis; Spiralled collagen; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; POLYPHENOL;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030357596     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348069     Document Type: Article

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