Morphometric analysis of lymphatic and blood vessels in human chronic viral liver diseases

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1131-1137

  Yamauchi, Yuusuke ^a,b   Michitaka, Kojiro ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Second Dept of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031695261     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65657-X     Document Type: Article

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