Abnormal Distribution of Nerve Fibers in the Liver of Biliary Atresia

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-65

  Iwami, Daiji ^a   Ohi, Ryoji ^a   Nio, Masaki ^a   Shimaoka, Satoru ^a   Sano, Nobuyuki ^a   Nagura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Hepatic innervation; Neural cell adhesion molecule

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INNERVATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

BILE DUCTS; BILIARY ATRESIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; S100 PROTEINS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030633553     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.181.57     Document Type: Article

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