Activation of hepatic stellate cells in liver tissue of patients with fulminant liver failure after treatment with bioartificial liver

Human Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1371-1375

  Petrovic, Lydia M ^a   Arkadopoulos, Nicolas ^a   Demetriou, Achilles A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; Fulminant liver failure; Stellate cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0035673108     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2001.29681     Document Type: Article

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