The hepatic von Meyenburg complex with hepatic and renal cysts

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-237

  Redston, M S ^a   Wanless, I R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microhamartoma; Polycystic kidney disease; Polycystic liver disease; Von Meyenburg complex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029865341     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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