Anatomic Variations of Intrahepatic Bile Ducts in a European Series and Meta-analysis of the Literature

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a,b   Peri, Eugenia ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Zanello, Matteo ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Zanfi, Chiara ^a   Bertuzzo, Valentina ^a   Di Gioia, Paolo ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Anatomy; Bile ducts; Intrahepatic; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; ITALY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953081934     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1447-4     Document Type: Article

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