Liver microvascular architecture: An insight into the pathophysiology of portal hypertension

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-382

  Ekataksin, Wichai ^a   Kaneda, Kenji ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic artery; Hepatic vein; Liver lobule; Portal vein; Sinusoid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEPATIC VEIN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER SINUSOID; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICYTE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; VASA VASORUM; VENOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033427390     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007126     Document Type: Article

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