Pathology of periportal fibrosis involution in human schistosomiasis Patologia da involução da fibrose periportal na esquistossomose humana

Optical and electron microscopical evidences of focal matrix degradation were frequently seen in liver sections of periportal fibrosis caused by schistosomiasis mansoni in man. The material came from 14 wedge hepatic biopsies taken from patients with chronic advanced hepatosplenic disease and underg...

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Main Authors: Zilton A. Andrade, Ediriomar Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1992-08-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651992000400001