Structural similarities between hematoidin crystals and asteroid bodies: Evidence of lipid composition

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-42

  Brenner, David S ^a   Drachenberg, Cinthia B ^b   Papadimitriou, John C ^b  

^a Bayhealth Med Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid body; Bilirubin; Cockleburr; Hematoidin crystal; Inclusion; Macrophage; Pigment; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; LIPID; PIGMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTEROID BODY; CASE REPORT; CELL FUSION; CELL INCLUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRANULOMA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ASTEROIDEA; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 0035570077     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exmp.2000.2341     Document Type: Article

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