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Fibrosis and Cirrhosis

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This brief chapter will discuss usual and unusual patterns of fibrosis, along with approaches to cirrhosis in a patient without a known history of liver disease. Cirrhosis in the pediatric population is discussed in Chap. 15.

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  1. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA

    Raul S. Gonzalez

  2. Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Kay Washington

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Gonzalez, R.S., Washington, K. (2016). Fibrosis and Cirrhosis. In: Non-Neoplastic Liver Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31424-2_8

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