Changes in lymph vessels and portal veins in the portal tract of patients with idiopathic portal hypertension: A morphometric study

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1607-1610

  Olkawa, Hlroki ^a   Masuda, Tomoyukl ^a   Sato, Shin Ichiro ^a   Yashima, Akiko ^a   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Sato, Shunichi ^a   Satodate, Ryoichi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADULT; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 0031779457     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270621     Document Type: Article

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