Stromal mast cells and nerve fibers in various chronic liver diseases: Relevance to hepatic fibrosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1923-1932

  Matsunaga, Yoshiko ^a   Kawasaki, Hironaka ^a   Terada, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; PROTEIN S 100; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; NERVE FIBER; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0033015309     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01232.x     Document Type: Article

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