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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.
National Institutes of Health

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Adult-onset citrullinemia type 2Beta-Catenin-Activated Hepatocellular AdenomaBreast Apocrine AdenosisBreast Blunt Duct Adenosis

Narrower (11)

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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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Significant improvement in the outcome of HCV-infected transplant recipients by avoiding rapid steroid tapering and potent induction immunosuppression.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Prevalence and significance of neurocognitive dysfunction in hepatitis C in the absence of correlated risk factors
Neurocognitive morbidity has been reported in individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but the magnitude of… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Quality of life and cognitive function in hepatitis C at different stages of liver disease.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Influence of coinfection with hepatitis C virus on morbidity and mortality due to human immunodeficiency virus infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
To ascertain the impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression and… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Complications of cirrhosis. II. Renal and circulatory dysfunction. Lights and shadows in an important clinical problem.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Large artery vasculopathy in HIV-positive patients: another vasculitic enigma.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
High interleukin-6 serum levels and increased production by leucocytes in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Correlation with IgA serum levels and lymphokines production.
Hypergammaglobulinaemia and enhanced serum IgA levels are common in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), which is… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Osteoarthritis and internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint: a light microscopic study.
Review
1978
Review
1978
HUMAN AEROMONAS INFECTIONS: A Review of the Literature and A Case Report of Endocarditis
Our patient, with cirrhosis and chronic renal failure, represents an example of the susceptibility of a compromised host to… 
Highly Cited
1943
Highly Cited
1943
Studies on the destruction of red blood cells; irreversibly sickled erythrocytes; their experimental production in vitro.
B OORMAN, Dodd, and Loutitl have demonstrated that the immune serum prepared by Coombs, Mourant, and Race2 by the injection of… 
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