Heterogeneity of liver disorder in type B Niemann-Pick disease

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-388

  Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a   Akiyama, Kenji ^b   Tomihara, Masako ^b   Tokudome, Takahiro ^b   Nishinomiya, Fujihiko ^b   Tazawa, Yusaku ^b   Horinouchi, Kenichi ^b   Sakiyama, Takeshi ^b   Takada, Goro ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

acid sphingomyelinase gene mutation; liver cirrhosis; Type B Niemann Pick disease

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031044728     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90141-6     Document Type: Article

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