The number of granulomas and loosely arranged epithelioid cell foci in wedge liver biopsy specimens of 39 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis were counted and correlated with other hepatic lesions. Granulomas and cell foci were present in 76.9 and 87.2% of the patients, respectively; their numbe
Hepatic expression of endocannabinoid receptors and their novel polymorphisms in primary biliary cirrhosis
β Scribed by Annarosa Floreani; Roberta Lazzari; Veronica Macchi; Andrea Porzionato; Angela Variola; Davide Colavito; Alberta Leon; Maria Guido; Vincenzo Baldo; Raffaele De Caro; Nora V. Bergasa
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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