Hepatic granulomas, with an emphasis on infectious causes

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Lamps, Laura W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungus; Granuloma; Infectious disease; Liver; Parasite; Virus

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; HYDRALAZINE; INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; NITROFURANTOIN; PHENYTOIN; QUINIDINE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRUCELLA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; FIBRIN RING GRANULOMA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPOGRANULOMA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MICROGRANULOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TULAREMIA; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; GRANULOMA; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFECTION; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; MYCOSES;

EID: 55949107153     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31818a6477     Document Type: Review

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