Observations on the Fine Structure of the Liver in the Camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-275

  Lalla, S ^a   Drommer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; MAMMALIA;

COLLAGEN; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CAMEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; CAMELS; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PORTAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031298354     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1997.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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