Quantitative analysis and modelling of hepatic iron stores using stereology and spatial statistics

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Ghugre, N R ^a,b   Gonzalez Gomez, I ^a   Shimada, H ^a   Coates, T D ^a   Wood, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Gamma distribution function; Iron overload; Light microscopy; Liver; Spatial statistics; Stereology

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS AND MODELS; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; HEPATOCYTES; IRON DEPOSITION; IRON LOADING; IRON OVERLOADS; IRON PARTICLES; SPATIAL STATISTICS; STEREOLOGY;

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

IRON;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77952661228     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03355.x     Document Type: Article

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