On the role of platelets in the pathogenesis of viral hepatitis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 599-600

  Iannacone, Matteo ^a   Sitia, Giovanni ^b   Guidotti, Luca G ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; SEROTONIN;

CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; KUPFFER CELL; LETTER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MICE; SEROTONIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 68049121847     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.05.005     Document Type: Letter

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