The relationship between liver disease stage and liver fibrosis: A tangled web

Histopathology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 773-784

  Germani, Giacomo ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a   Dhillon, Amar P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen proportionate area; Fibrosis; Image analysis; Liver; Stage

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VENOUS PRESSURE;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 78650228654     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2010.03609.x     Document Type: Review

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