Evidence for a sub-morphological inflammatory process in the liver in haemochromatosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 426-433

  Bridle, Kim R ^a,c   Crawford, Darrell H G ^b   Fletcher, Linda M ^b   Smith, Jeffery L ^c   Powell, Lawrie W ^a   Ramm, Grant A ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Hemochromatosis; Inflammation; Iron induced fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CHLORDANE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SLICE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0037384989     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00444-0     Document Type: Article

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