Hepatic granulomas: Histological and molecular pathological approach to differential diagnosis-a study of 442 cases

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 828-834

  Drebber, Uta ^a   Kasper, Hans Udo ^b   Ratering, Judith ^a   Wedemeyer, Inga ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^c   Dienes, Hans Peter ^a   Odenthal, Margarete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Clemenshospital Munster   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Hepatic granuloma; Liver biopsy; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INTERFERON; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LISTERIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 44949201137     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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