Functional anatomy of normal bile ducts

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-660

  Strazzabosco, Mario ^a,b,d   Fabris, Luca ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile secretion; Cholangiocytes; Ductular reaction; Normal liver; Peribiliary vascular plexus

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BILE; BILE DUCT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY; EPITHELIUM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BILE; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT; CAPILLARIES; EPITHELIUM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 45849151332     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20664     Document Type: Article

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