An immunohistochemical evaluation of C4d deposition in pediatric inflammatory liver diseases

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1103-1110

  Bouron Dal Soglio, Dorothée ^a,b   Rougemont, Anne Laure ^a,b   Herzog, Denise ^a   Soucy, Geneviève ^a,b   Alvarez, Fernando ^a   Fournet, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; C4d; Immunohistochemistry; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 44949158911     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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