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Fibrosis

Known as: fibrosis (formation of excess fibrous connective tissue), fibrose, desmoplasia 
Any pathological condition where fibrous connective tissue invades any organ, usually as a consequence of inflammation or other injury.
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Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular MusclesDermal fibrosisFIBROSIS OF EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES, CONGENITAL, 2FIBROSIS OF EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES, CONGENITAL, 3B (disorder)

Broader (2)

Signs and Symptomsabnormal growth by tissue

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Review
1997
Review
1997
Hepatic lesion characterization in cirrhosis: significance of arterial hypervascularity on dual-phase helical CT.
OBJECTIVE Our goal was to evaluate the diagnostic significance of the presence and pattern of arterial hypervascularity in… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt: diagnosis by color Doppler imaging.
Intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt is a rare clinical entity; only 33 such cases have been reported. It may be congenital… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Hepatocellular carcinoma within siderotic regenerative nodules: appearance as a nodule within a nodule on MR images.
Large regenerative nodules in cirrhotic livers may accumulate iron and develop internal iron-poor foci of hyperplasia or… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Hepatic perfusion abnormalities during CT angiography: detection and interpretation.
Twenty-seven perfusion abnormalities were detected in 17 of 50 patients who underwent computed tomographic angiography (CTA) of… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Wilson's disease or chronic copper poisoning?
The case history is given of a child who presented at 14 months with ascites and was found to have severe micronodular cirrhosis… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Serum Transaminases during Salicylate Therapy
In 8 out of 32 juvenile patients suffering from chronic polyarthritis and in one patient with dermatomyositis, raised… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF THE CYTOPLASM OF PARENCHYMAL LIVER CELLS IN ALPHA-NAPHTHYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE-INDUCED CIRRHOSIS.
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Removal of erythrocytes from the circulation.
Labeling erythrocytes with radioactive chromium (Cr51) has made possible study of the fate of normal and diseased erythrocytes… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
The metabolism of folic acid in cirrhosis.
Excerpt The prevalence of macrocytic anemia in patients with chronic liver disease has suggested to many observers that liver… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The Incidence and Significance of Iron-containing Granules in Human Erythrocytes and their Precursors
The iron in haemoglobin cannot normally be detected in the erythrocytes of healthy human adults by means of a staining technique… 
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