Special stains can distinguish hepatic necrosis with regenerative nodules from cirrhosis

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 681-686

  Ferrell, Linda D ^a   Greenberg, Mathew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Nodularre generation; Orcein stains; Pathology of hepatic necrosis; Reticulin; Severe hepatitis; Stains; Trichrome

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; RETICULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; SCAR FORMATION; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MASSIVE HEPATIC NECROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETICULIN;

EID: 34547129805     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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