Perimuscular connective tissue contains more and larger lymphatic vessels than the shallower layers in human gallbladders

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 4480-4483

  Nagahashi, Masayuki ^a   Shirai, Yoshio ^a   Wakai, Toshifumi ^a   Sakata, Jun ^a   Ajioka, Yoichi ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Gallbladder neoplasms; Lymphatic metastasis; Lymphatic vessels; Monoclonal antibody D2 40

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548685224     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i33.4480     Document Type: Article

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