Adult-onset herpes simplex virus hepatitis with diffuse myofibroblastic transformation of hepatic stellate cells (Ito cells) in non-necrotic areas

Pathology International

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 288-292

  Toi, Makoto ^a   Kuroda, Naoto ^a   Tao, Lihua ^a   Jin, Yulan ^a   Guo, Limei ^a   Miyazaki, Eriko ^a   Hayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Hiroi, Makoto ^a   Komatsu, Naoki ^a   Nakata, Hideshi ^a   Ogata, Kimiko ^a   Enzan, Hideaki ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic stellate cells; Herpes simplex virus hepatitis; Myofibroblastic transformation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ITO CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACTINS; AGED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NECROSIS;

EID: 0035008625     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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