Increased T-cell sinusoidal lymphocytosis in liver biopsies in patients with chronic hepatitis C and mixed cryoglobulinemia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 705-711

  Carmack, Susanne ^a   Taddei, Tamar ^a   Robert, Marie E ^a   Mistry, Pramod ^a   Jain, Dhanpat ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD20 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIBODY; CD68 ANTIBODY; CD8 ANTIBODY; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; LIVER ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 40949141928     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01603.x     Document Type: Article

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