Embryologic development of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas

Blumgart's Surgery of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 18-30

  El Gohary, Yousef ^a   Gittes, George K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4377-1454-8.00001-1     Document Type: Chapter

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