Sources of variability in histological scoring of chronic viral hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-264

  Rousselet, Marie Christine ^a,b   Michalak, Sophie ^a,b   Dupré, Florence ^a   Croué, Anne ^a   Bedossa, Pierre ^c   Saint André, Jean Paul ^a   Calès, Paul ^b,d,e  

^a Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques   (France)

^d Serv d'Hepatogastroenterologie   (France)

^e ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSENSUS; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NECROSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 12844282183     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20535     Document Type: Article

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