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Myofibroblasts in hepatic schistosomal fibrosis

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Myofibroblasts were identified in liver portal spaces of patients with Symmers' fibrosis following infection by Schistosoma mansoni.

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  1. Centre de Microscopie Electronique et de Pathologie Ultrastructurale, Institut Pasteur, 77 rue Pasteur, F-69365, Lyon, France

    J. A. Grimaud & R. Borojevic

  2. Laboratório Central Gonçalo Moniz, 121, rua Waldemar Falcão, Salvador, Brazil

    J. A. Grimaud & R. Borojevic

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Acknowledgments. This research was supported by a grant from U.E.R. (Human Biology) Claude Bernard University, Lyon (France), and by the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas (Brazil). Thanks are due to Mrs Pavans de Ceccatty for her skillful technical assistance.

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Grimaud, J.A., Borojevic, R. Myofibroblasts in hepatic schistosomal fibrosis. Experientia 33, 890–892 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951264

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