Microstructure and development of the normal and pathologic biliary tract in humans, including blood supply

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 552-570

  Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a   Hoso, Masahiro ^a   Sanzen, Takahiro ^a   Sasaki, Motoko ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary tract; Pathologic bile ducts; Peribiliary glands; Peribiliary vascular plexus

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DUCTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TREE; BLOOD SUPPLY; DUCT WALLS; PATHOLOGIC BILE DUCT; PERIBILIARY GLAND; PERIBILIARY VASCULAR PLEXUS; THIRD ORDER;

PATHOLOGY;

BILE DUCT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030803187     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970915)38:6<552::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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