Histological grading and staging in chronic hepatitis: Its practical correlation

Pathology International

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 683-690

  Nakaji, Miyuki ^a   Hayashi, Yoshitake ^a   Ninomiya, Toshiaki ^a   Yano, Yoshihiko ^a   Yoon, Seitetu ^a   Seo, Yasushi ^a   Nagano, Hidenobu ^a   Komori, Hideshi ^b   Hashimoto, Kimio ^b   Orino, Akio ^c   Shirane, Hirofumi ^c   Yokozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kasuga, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Liver histology; Modified histological activity index; Semiquantitative scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NECROSIS; PORTAL SYSTEM;

EID: 18744376561     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2002.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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