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Visualization and Analysis of Blood Flow and Oxygen Consumption in Hepatic Microcirculation: Application to an Acute Hepatitis Model
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Published on: August 5, 2012

Skeletal muscle blood flow and neurovascular reactivity in liver disease

M Lunzer, S P Newman, S Sherlock

    Gut
    |May 1, 1973
    PubMed

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