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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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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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Review
2011
Review
2011
Fibrosis and Cardiac Arrhythmias
In this review article about fibrosis and arrhythmias, we show that the amount of collagen, a normal element of the heart muscle… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Left-dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: an under-recognized clinical entity.
Review
2001
Review
2001
History, Heterogeneity, Developmental Biology, and Functions of Quiescent Hepatic Stellate Cells
  • A. Geerts
  • Seminars in liver disease (Print)
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 19052773
Sternzellen Sternzellen 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Seven hundred forty-seven hepatectomies in the 1990s: an update to evaluate the actual risk of liver resection.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Estimating future hepatitis C morbidity, mortality, and costs in the United States.
OBJECTIVES This study estimated future morbidity, mortality, and costs resulting from hepatitis C virus (HCV). METHODS We used… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Vaccination of chimpanzees against infection by the hepatitis C virus.
A high incidence of community-acquired hepatitis C virus infection that can lead to the progressive development of chronic active… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in serum: a new marker of potentially harmful alcohol consumption reviewed.
During the last 16 years an increasing number of studies have indicated a new diagnostic marker of alcohol abuse, unrelated to… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
The clinical utility of the CA 19-9 tumor-associated antigen.
Since Koprowski and coworkers discovered the CA 19-9 antigen 10 yr ago, it has become the most useful blood test in the diagnosis… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
[Hepatocellular carcinoma].
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The role of the macrophage in wound repair. A study with hydrocortisone and antimacrophage serum.
The role of the monocyte/macrophage in wound repair has been investigated by studying the healing process in wounds depleted of… 
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