Research Article
Factor VIII-Related Antigen Detects Phenotypic Change of Sinusoidal to Vascular Endothelium in Hepatic Fibrosis of Elderly Cadavers
Table 1
Incidence of FVIIIRAg expression in sinusoidal endothelium of aged cadaveric livers with progressive stages of fibrosis.
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Incidence was expressed as number of positive cases/number of livers. Statistics were performed by the chi-square test. A value of was considered to be significant. aSepta formation versus minimal fibrosis, ; septa formation versus perisinusoidal/pericellular fibrosis, . bBridging fibrosis versus minimal fibrosis, ; bridging fibrosis versus perisinusoidal/pericellular fibrosis, . cCirrhosis versus minimal fibrosis, ; cirrhosis versus perisinusoidal/pericellular, . |