Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Definition and pathology

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-16

  Brunt, E M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Histopathologic lesions; NASH

Indexed keywords

IRON;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOGRANULOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING;

EID: 0035083842     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-12925     Document Type: Review

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