Hypervascular nodule in a fibrotic liver overloaded with iron: Identification of a premalignant area with preserved liver architecture

Comparative Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Cunha, António Sá ^a   Blanc, Jean Frédéric ^a   Trillaud, Hervé ^a   De Ledinghen, Victor ^a   Balabaud, Charles ^a   Bioulac Sage, Paulette ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOGEN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HEMOSIDEROSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER STRUCTURE; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRECANCER; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 26944503533     PISSN: 14765926     EISSN: 14765926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-5926-4-5     Document Type: Article

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