Immunohistochemical study on transforming growth factor-beta1 expression in liver fibrosis of Down's syndrome with transient abnormal myelopoiesis

Human Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 474-476

  Arai, Hirokazu ^a   Ishida, Akira ^a   Nakajima, Wako ^a   Nishinomiya, Fujihiko ^a   Yamazoe, Aya ^a   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Immunohistochemistry; Liver fibrosis; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MYELOPOIESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032893226     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(99)90125-9     Document Type: Article

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