Increasing hepatic arteriole wall thickness and decreased luminal diameter occur with increasing age in normal livers

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-586

  Fiel, M Isabel ^a   Deniz, Kemal ^b   Elmali, Ferhan ^b   Schiano, Thomas D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Normal liver; Old age; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CHILD; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOLES; BILE DUCTS; HUMANS; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389724     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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