Cryptogenic cirrhosis: Clinicopathologic findings at and after liver transplantation

Human Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1098-1104

  Ayata, Gamze ^a,b,c   Gordon, Fredric D ^a,b,c   Lewis, W David ^a,b,c   Pomfret, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Pomposelli, James J ^a,b,c   Jenkins, Roger L ^a,b,c   Khettry, Urmila ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Cirrhosis; Cryptogenic; Etiology; Hepatic

Indexed keywords

HYALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0036859645     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2002.129419     Document Type: Article

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