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Histopathology of Chronic Viral Hepatitis

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Viral Hepatitis

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The histopathological changes observed in the liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis are extremely variable, due to variations in etiology, course of disease, disease activity, and evolutionary stage.

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  1. Universitair Ziekenhuis Sint Rafael Laboratorium voor Histochemie en Cytochemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    V. J. Desmet

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  1. Histochemistry Unit, 1st Department of Pathology Spedali Civili of Brescia, Aggregaat Hoger Onderwijs, Catholic University of Leuven, 25100, Brescia, Italy

    Francesco Callea

  2. 1st Department of Pathology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25100, Brescia, Italy

    Mario Zorzi (Professor of Pathology and Chairman) (Professor of Pathology and Chairman)

  3. Laboratory of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Catholic University of Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Valeer J. Desmet (Professor of Pathology) (Professor of Pathology)

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Desmet, V.J. (1986). Histopathology of Chronic Viral Hepatitis. In: Callea, F., Zorzi, M., Desmet, V.J. (eds) Viral Hepatitis. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71350-7_5

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