A morphometric study of the epithelium lining the rat intrahepatic biliary tree

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-342

  Benedetti, Antonio ^a   Bassotti, Cristina ^a   Rapino, Katia ^a   Marucci, Luca ^a   Jezequel, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cholangiocytes; isolated intrahepatic bile ducts; morphometry; nucleo cytoplasmic ratio; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029976124     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80014-6     Document Type: Article

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