Fibrosis distribution in explanted cirrhotic livers

Histopathology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 270-277

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Collagen; Collagen proportionate area; Quantification

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; COLLAGEN PROPORTIONATE AREA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; COHORT STUDIES; COLLAGEN; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84255204446     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04094.x     Document Type: Article

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