Wilson's disease coexisting with viral hepatitis type C: A case report with histological and ultrastructural studies of the liver

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Lembowicz, Krystyna ^a   Kryczka, Wieslaw ^b   Walewska Zielecka, Bozena ^a   Kubicka, Joanna ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^b Provincial Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Liver; Morphology; Wilson's disease hepatitis C coexistence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILSON DISEASE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0033046079     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281824     Document Type: Article

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