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The morphology of hepatitis A in man

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Literature dealing with the morphology of hepatitis A infection in man is limited. Apart from the investigations of Teixeira et al., from the Royal Free Hospital in London1, and several Japanese Groups 2–5 there are few systematic studies on the histology of hepatitis A.

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Schmid, M., Regli, J. (1985). The morphology of hepatitis A in man. In: Bianchi, L., Gerok, W., Popper, H. (eds) Trends in Hepatology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4904-1_22

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