Tumour necrosis factor alpha and cellular proliferation in primary biliary cirrhosis

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-60

  Floreani, A ^a   Infantolino, D ^a   Biasin, R ^a   Della Rovere, G Roselli ^a   Biagini, M R ^a   Melis, A ^a   Chiaramonte, M ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular proliferation; Inflammatory infiltrate; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032933124     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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