Abnormal intrahepatic portal vasculature in native and allograft liver biopsies: A comparative analysis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1382-1388

  Krasinskas, Alyssa M ^a,d   Goldsmith, Jeffrey D ^b   Burke, Anne ^c   Furth, Emma E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatoportal sclerosis; Liver biopsy; Liver transplantation; Noncirrhotic portal hypertension; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BIOPSY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL SYSTEM; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 25444468572     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000168508.70114.fd     Document Type: Article

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