Histological scoring of chronic hepatitis

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-293

  Sempoux, C ^a   Rahier, J ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Grading; Histopathology; Liver biopsy; Semi quantitative scoring; Staging

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROSIS; FRENCH METAVIR SCORING SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; ISCHAK SCORE; LIVER BIOPSY; LUDWIG SCORING SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHEUER SCORING SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8444237436     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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