Apoptosis markers in liver biopsy of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in pediatric patients

Human Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1816-1822

  Valva, Pamela ^a   De Matteo, Elena ^a   Galoppo, Marcela ^a   Pedreira, Alejandra ^a   Giacove, Gisela ^a   Lezama, Carol ^a   Marco, Irene ^a   Galoppo, Maria C ^a   Preciado, Maria V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activated caspase 3; Apoptosis; M30; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CASPASE 3; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKERATIN 18; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CASPASE 3; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATIN-18; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE;

EID: 55949123885     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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