A study on biliary ductal system and bile fistula in the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 554-561

  Xu, Guorong ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Lance, Valentine A ^c   Javors, Bruce ^a   Chen, Thomas S ^a   Salen, Gerald ^a   Tint, G Stephen ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; FEMALE; HEPATIC DUCT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BILE; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY FISTULA; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); FISTULA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0031574376     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19971215)279:6<554::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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