Ultrastructure of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes in the Dubin-Johnson syndrome: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 987-989

  Sobaniec Lotowska, Maria Elzbieta ^a   Lebensztejn, Dariusz Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dubin Johnson syndrome; Electron microscopic study; Functional hyperbilirubinemia; Liver biopsy; Lysosomal granules

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DUBIN JOHNSON SYNDROME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LYSOSOME; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 33645046889     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i6.987     Document Type: Article

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