Association between liver steatosis and angiogenesis in chronic hepatitis C

Polish Journal of Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-160

  Kukla, Michał ^a   Gabriel, Andrzej ^a   Sabat, Daniel ^a   Liszka, Łukasz ^a   Wilk, Mariusz ^a   Petelenz, Michał ^a   Musialik, Joanna ^a   Dzindziora Frelich, Iwona ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; CD34; Chronic hepatitis C; Liver; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD VESSELS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 79953273108     PISSN: 12339687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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