To evaluate the histological findings in patients with chronic hepatitis C and autoimmune features, liver tissue specimens from 60 patients were graded under code for individual features and composite patterns that denoted autoimmune, viral, combined autoimmune and viral, and nondiscriminative chang
The histological features of chronic hepatitis C and autoimmune chronic hepatitis: A comparative analysis
β Scribed by Nancy Bach; Swan N. Thung; Fenton Schaffner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1013 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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