Frontiers of pancreas regeneration

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-294

  Sumi, Shoichiro ^a   Tamura, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth factor; Gut hormones; Pancreas; Regeneration; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOLOGY; DOG; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PANCREAS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REGENERATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DOGS; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; PRIMATES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033643581     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340070050     Document Type: Article

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