A computer-assisted morphometric quantitative analysis of iron overload in liver biopsies. A comparison with histological and biochemical methods

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 673-677

  Ortega, Luis ^a   Ladero, José M ^a   Carreras, María P ^a   Alvarez, Teresa ^a   Taxonera, Carlos ^a   Oliván, María P ^a   Sanz Esponera, Julián ^a   Díaz Rubio, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hemochromatosis; HFE genotype; Image analysis; Liver iron

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27144511670     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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