Bile canaliculi are defective in hepatic involvement of organ failure and recovery of liver function is due to their secondary regeneration

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 553-558

  Douzinas, E E ^a   Vamvasakis, E ^a   Rigas, K ^b   Pitaridis, M ^a   Kittas, C ^a   Roussos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Ductular proliferation; Hyperbilirubinemia; Multiple organ failure; Primary bile canaliculi; Secondary bile canaliculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0029893017     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01708095     Document Type: Article

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