Identification of mitochondria in liver biopsies. A study by immunohistochemistry, immunogold and Western blot analysis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Foschini, Maria P ^a,b   Macchia, Sandro ^b   Losi, Luisa ^a   Dei Tos, Angelo P ^c   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^a   Di Tommaso, Luca ^a   Del Duca, Stefano ^a   Roncaroli, Federico ^a   Dal Monte, PierRoberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hepatitis; Megamitochondria; Mitochondria; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031671723     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050246     Document Type: Article

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