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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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Hepatic blood flow distribution: consideration of gravity, liver surface, and norepinephrine on regional

W W Lautt1, J Schafer, D J Legare

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
|February 1, 1993
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