An ultrastructural study of the liver in erythropoietic protoporphyria

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-38

  Komatsu, H ^a   Sajima, Y ^a   Imamura, K ^a   Masuda, H ^a   Yonei, Y ^b   Dohmori, K ^a   Kokutoh, M ^a   Ishii, K ^c   Ishii, H ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA MUNICIPAL CITIZEN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Nihon Kokan Hospital   (Japan)

^c National Minami Yokohama Hospital   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Bile canaliculi; Erythropoietic protoporphyria; Protoporphyrin; Sinusoidal endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033783078     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007950000005     Document Type: Article

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