Biliary tract physiology

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 405-409

  Elsing, Christoph ^a   Huebner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

BILE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030802637     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001574-199709000-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

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