Accumulation of copper in the liver and hepatic injury in chronic hepatitis C

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 786-791

  Hatano, Ryoji ^a   Ebara, Masaaki ^a,c   Fukuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaharu ^a   Sugiura, Nobuyuki ^a   Kondo, Fukuo ^a   Yukawa, Masae ^b   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c First Department of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Copper; Fibrosis; Particle induced X ray emission

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033862212     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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