Microanatomy of the human liver - Exploring the hidden interfaces

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1339-1346

  Saxena, Romil ^a   Theise, Neil D ^b   Crawford, James M ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BILE FLOW; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HEPATIC VEIN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER STRUCTURE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032718323     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300607     Document Type: Review

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