Distinctive pattern of bergmann glial pathology in human hepatic encephalopathy

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-287

  Kril, Jillian J ^a,b   Flowers, Dimity ^b   Butterworth, Roger F ^c  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer type II astrocytosis; Bergmann glia; Cerebellum; Cirrhosis of the liver; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030823371     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815130     Document Type: Article

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