Open AccessMast cells and human hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Fabio Grizzi,
Barbara Franceschini,
Maurizio ChirivaInternati,
Young Liu,
Paul L. Hermonat,
N Dioguardi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1469
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , grading (engineering) , pathology , medicine , sirius red , carcinoma , hccs , immunohistochemistry , gastroenterology , biology , ecology
To investigate the density of mast cells (MCs) in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and to determine whether the MCs density has any correlations with histopathological grading, staging or some baseline patient characteristics.