Expresssion of Bcl-2 oncoprotein in cases of acute and chronic viral hepatitis type B and type C: A clinicopathologic study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1618-1624

  Tsamandas, Athanassios C ^a   Thomopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Gogos, Charalambos ^a   Tepetes, Konstantinos ^a   Kourelis, Theodore ^a   Ravazoula, Panagiota ^a   Petsas, Theodore ^a   Bonikos, Dionissis S ^a   Karatza, Chrisoula ^a   Karavias, Dionissios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bcl 2; Bile duct; Cholangioles; Hepatitis; Immunohistochemistry; Liver

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0036317905     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015839807627     Document Type: Article

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