Juvenile cirrhosis in a 16th century Italian mummy. Current technologies in pathology and ancient human tissues

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 445, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 647-650

  Ciranni, R ^a   Fornaciari, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AAS; Cirrhosis; Histochemistry; Histology; Liver; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 12144258851     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1094-1     Document Type: Article

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