Stainable hepatic iron in 341 African American adults at coroner/medical examiner autopsy

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Barton, James C ^a,b   Acton, Ronald T ^b,c   Richardson, Asia K ^c   Brissie, Robert M ^d,e  

^a SOUTHERN IRON DISORDERS CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d Jefferson County Coroner Medical Examiner   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROCYANIDE; IRON;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 14644423332     PISSN: 14726890     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-5-2     Document Type: Article

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