Microcirculation of the aging liver: Is getting old like having cirrhosis?

Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1248-1251

  Huet, Pierre Michel ^a,b   Villeneuve, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYLOMICRON;

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FENESTRATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS;

EID: 32944457514     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20991     Document Type: Editorial

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