Developing human biliary system in three dimensions

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 389-398

  Vijayan, Vijayalaxmy ^a,b   Tan, Carolyn E L ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Biliary development; Ductal plate; Liver embryology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FETUS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY TRACT; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030827436     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199711)249:3<389::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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