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Portal System

Known as: Systems, Portal, Portal Systems, System, Portal 
A system of vessels in which blood, after passing through one CAPILLARY BED, is conveyed through a second set of capillaries before it returns to the… 
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Liver CirculationMicrobiologicalPortal Venous SystemPortography

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Liver biopsy sampling in chronic viral hepatitis.
In chronic viral hepatitis, liver biopsy is performed to grade and stage liver damage. Liver biopsy samples are usually taken… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Imaging of Multistep Human Hepatocarcinogenesis by CT during Intra-Arterial Contrast Injection
Various types of hepatocellular nodules are seen in cirrhotic livers. In these nodules, two types of human hepatocarcinogenesis… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Monocyte chemotactic protein‐1, ‐2, and ‐3 are distinctively expressed in portal tracts and granulomata in primary biliary cirrhosis: implications for pathogenesis
The monocyte chemotactic proteins (MCPs) form a distinct structurally related subclass of C–C chemokines. MCPs select specific… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Intravital videomicroscopic evidence for regulation of metastasis by the hepatic microvasculature: effects of interleukin-1alpha on metastasis and the location of B16F1 melanoma cell arrest.
There have been few reported visual observations of metastatic cancer cell arrest in vivo. To seek evidence that inducible… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
In situ detection of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) and the metalloproteinase inhibitor TIMP2 transcripts in human primary hepatocellular carcinoma and in liver metastasis.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cellular localization of type I III and IV procollagen gene transcripts in normal and fibrotic human liver.
The authors have determined the cell types producing alpha 1 (I), alpha 2 (I), alpha 1 (III), and alpha 1 (IV) procollagen gene… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
‘Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia’ in liver cirrhosis: low‐grade hepatocellular carcinoma or borderline lesion?
Adenomatous hyperplasia, defined as a sizable parenchymal nodule in cirrhosis, was examined morphologically, Ninety‐seven nodules… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Anti-neutrophil nuclear antibody in ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
We have previously described circulating autoantibodies to a portal tract antigen in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Ultrasound in the detection of chronic liver disease (the "bright liver").
The association of high amplitude echoes returned from the liver and advanced cirrhosis is well recognized. We have become… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Scanning electron microscopy of normal rat liver: the surface structure of its cells and tissue components.
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) allows the surface ultrastructure of intrahepatic cells and other tissue components of liver… 
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