Lipid Deposits and Lipo-mucosomes in Human Cholecystitis and Epithelial Metaplasia in Chronic Cholecystitis

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 313-321

  Gilloteaux, Jacques ^a,b,c,d   Tomasello, Lisa M ^a   Elgison, Deborah A ^a  

^a American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MEIO Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Epithelium metaplasia; Gallbladder; Lipo mucosomes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LIPID; LIPOFUSCIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL VACUOLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EPITHELIUM; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIPID STORAGE; METAPLASIA; MICROVILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0242575133     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120390239962     Document Type: Article

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