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A Standardized Method for the Analysis of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells and Their Fenestrations by Scanning Electron Microscopy
Published on: April 30, 2015
[Some regularities of morphological changes in liver tissue exposed to electricity]
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova
|February 12, 2002
Abstract:
An experimental investigation of the character and spread of morphological and histological alterations in the liver was performed in order to follow their dependence on the regimen of using an electrosurgical apparatus for resection and coagulation of the liver tissue.
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