Special stain and X-ray probe microanalysis of livers with Wilson disease

Hepatology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 563-568

  Hayashi, Hisao ^a,f   Fujita, Yoshikazu ^b   Tatsumi, Yasuaki ^a   Hattori, Ai ^a   Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^b   Katano, Yoshiaki ^b   Wakusawa, Shinya ^b   Yano, Motoyoshi ^c   Itoh, Masafumi ^d   Mizutani, Naoki ^e   Goto, Hidemi ^b  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Yokkaichi City Hospital   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agriculture Co operative Associations Konan Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP7B; Copper; Hemochromatosis; Iron; Metallothionein; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CERULOPLASMIN; CHELATING AGENT; COPPER; DYE; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; FERRITIN; FIXATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; WILSON DISEASE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 66449097380     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2009.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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