Computerized morphometry of the cirrhotic liver: Comparative analysis in primary biliary cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, and posthepatitic cirrhosis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Vertemati, Maurizio ^a   Minola, Ernesto ^c   Goffredi, Maria ^b   Sabatella, Guido ^b   Gambacorta, Marcello ^c   Vizzotto, Laura ^b,d  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d Department of Human Morphology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Image analysis; Immunohistochemical techniques; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DUCTS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES;

CYTOKERATINS; FIBROSE; HEPATOCYTES; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SPECIMENS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORPHOMETRIC MODEL; MORPHOMETRY;

VOLUME FRACTION;

CD31 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 11244270525     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20110     Document Type: Article

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