A transient emergence of hepatic granulomas in a patient with chronic hepatitis B

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-285

  Kanno, Atsushi ^a   Murakami, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a Tohoku Koseinenkin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Hepatic granuloma

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MALE;

EID: 0032130035     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.281     Document Type: Article

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