Liver anatomy: Microcirculation of the liver

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Kan, Zuxing ^a,b   Madoff, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic microcirculation; In vivo microscopy; Iodized oil; Kupffer cell; Transhepatic arterial chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949096649     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076685     Document Type: Review

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