Oval cells in hepatitis B virus-positive and hepatitis C virus-positive liver cirrhosis: Histological and ultrastructural study

Histopathology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 546-555

  Sun, C ^a   Jin, X L ^a   Xiao, J C ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Liver cirrhosis; Oval cell; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; STEM CELL FACTOR;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33645403647     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02372.x     Document Type: Article

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