Electron microscopic findings of the liver of a patient with Dubin-Johnson syndrome complicated by chronic hepatitis C and iron overload

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 204-208

  Hayashi, Hisao ^a   Imaizumi, Yoshihiro ^a   Takikawa, Toshikuni ^a   Wakusawa, Shinya ^a   Yano, Motoyoshi ^b  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Ferritin; Hemosiderin; Lysosomes; X Ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; IRON; MYELIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DUBIN JOHNSON SYNDROME; DUODENUM BLEEDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GASTRECTOMY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY;

EID: 0033362013     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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