Iron overload, inflammation and fibrosis in genetic haemochromatosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 521-525

  Hübscher, Stefan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; IRON; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON OVERLOAD; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0037383895     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(03)00078-3     Document Type: Editorial

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