Liver transplant pathology - Messages for the non-specialist

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-341

  Wyatt, Judy I ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONDON;

EID: 77956638364     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03598.x     Document Type: Review

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