Application of a new histological staging and grading system for primary biliary cirrhosis to liver biopsy specimens: Interobserver agreement

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-174

  Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a   Zen, Yoh ^b   Harada, Kenichi ^a   Sasaki, Motoko ^a   Nonomura, Akitaka ^d   Uehara, Takeshi ^e   Sano, Kenji ^e   Kondo, Fukuo ^f   Fukusato, Toshio ^f   Tsuneyama, Koichi ⁱ   Ito, Masahiro ^j   Wakasa, Kenichi ^k   Nomoto, Minoru ^l   Minato, Hiroshi ^c   Haga, Hironori ^m   Kage, Masayoshi ⁿ   Yano, Hirohisa ^o   Haratake, Joji ^p   Aishima, Shinichi ^r   Masuda, Tomoyuki ^s   Aoyama, Hajime ^t   Miyakawa Hayashino, Aya ^u   Matsumoto, Toshiharu ^g   Sanefuji, Hayato ^q   Ojima, Hidenori ^h   Chen, Tse Ching ^v   Yu, Eunsil ^w   Kim, Ji Hun ^w   Park, Young Nyun ^x   Tsui, Wilson ^y   more..

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^k OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^m HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^p Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital   (Japan)

^q Kitakyushu General Hospital   (Japan)

^r KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^u KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^v CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^w University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^x Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^y Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

Cholangitis; Fibrosis; Hepatitis; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Staging and grading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BILE DUCTS; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 77649139779     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02500.x     Document Type: Article

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