Hepatic stellate cell immunodetection and cirrhotic evolution of viral hepatitis in liver allografts

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 310-314

  Guido, Maria ^a   Rugge, Massimo ^a,d   Leandro, Gioacchino ^b   Fiel, Isabel M ^c   Thung, Swan N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ente Specializzato GSB ^*  (Italy)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0030854654     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260209     Document Type: Article

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