Hereditary hemochromatosis of a young girl: Detection of early iron deposition in liver cell lysosomes using transmission electron microscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-26

  Jonas, Ludwig ^a   Fulda, Gerhard ^a   Kyank, Ulrike ^a   Steiner, Michael ^a   Sarich, Wolfgang ^a   Nizze, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Elemental analysis; Hemochromatosis; Iron overload; Liver; Lysosomes

Indexed keywords

FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYSOSOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATOCYTES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0036264988     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120252934297     Document Type: Article

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