Advanced histology and impaired liver regeneration are associated with disease severity in acute-onset autoimmune hepatitis

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 693-704

  Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Nakano, Masayuki ^b   Yasui, Shin ^a   Okitsu, Koichiro ^a   Yonemitsu, Yutaka ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Cytokeratin 7; Fulminant hepatitis; Liver regeneration; Severe hepatitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 7;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-7; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79954568531     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03790.x     Document Type: Article

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