Is there a human fetal gallbladder contractility during pregnancy?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1400-1402

  Tanaka, Yasuko ^a   Senoh, Daisaku ^a   Hata, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contractility; Fetus; Gallbladder; Gastro intestinal physiology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034039130     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1400     Document Type: Article

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