Cirrhosis histology and Laennec staging system correlate with high portal pressure

Histopathology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 731-741

  Rastogi, Archana ^a   Maiwall, Rakhi ^a   Bihari, Chhagan ^a   Ahuja, Arvind ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a   Singh, Tarandeep ^a   Wani, Zeeshan Ahmad ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Clinical stage; HVPG; Image analysis; Laennec; Morphometry; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875582621     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/his.12070     Document Type: Article

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