Dendritic cells in portal tracts in chronic hepatitis C and primary biliary cirrhosis with relevance to bile duct damage: An immunohistochemical study

Hepatology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Kaji, Kyosuke ^a   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a   Harada, Ken Ichi ^a   Tsuneyama, Koichi ^a   Kaneko, Shuichi ^a   Kobayashi, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Follicular dendritic cells; Interdigitating dendritic cells; Interlobular bile duct; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0030840497     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(97)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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