Comparing morphometric, biochemical, and visual measurements of macrovesicular steatosis of liver

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-360

  Li, Mei ^a   Song, Jie ^a   Mirkov, Snezana ^a   Xiao, Shu Yuan ^a   Hart, John ^a   Liu, Wanqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrovesicular steatosis; Method comparison; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; FAT DROPLET; HEMATOXYLIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; WEIGHT;

BIOPSY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FATS; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951578696     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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