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Abstract
A vascular disease of the LIVER characterized by the occurrence of multiple blood-filled CYSTS or cavities. The cysts are lined with ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; the cavities lined with hepatic parenchymal cells (HEPATOCYTES). Peliosis hepatis has been associated with use of anabolic steroids (ANABOLIC AGENTS) and certain drugs.
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- Hepatis, Peliosis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(81); was see under LIVER DISEASES 1981-90
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- Liver Diseases (1966-1980)
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- National Library of Medicine. Peliosis Hepatis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010382. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010382
- Peliosis Hepatis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peliosis_hepatis
- Peliosis Hepatis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2068039