Human Pathology
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1774-1782 , December 2009

Large cell change of hepatocytes in chronic viral hepatitis represents a senescent-related lesion

  • Hiroko Ikeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • Molecular Cellular Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • ,
  • Motoko Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasunori Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenichi Harada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoh Zen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Diagnostic Pathology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa 920-8620, Japan
    • ,
  • Takeshi Mitsui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Fukui Saiseikai Hospital, Fukui 918-8503, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuni Nakanuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Pathology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 4 February 2009 ,Revised 3 June 2009 ,Accepted 11 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.06.009

Human Pathology
Volume 40, Issue 12 , Pages 1774-1782 , December 2009

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