Liver Cirrhosis and its Development (Falk Symposium, Volume 115)
Contributors: J.L. Boyer (Editor); H.E. Blum (Editor); K.P. Maier (Editor); T. Sauerbruch (Editor); G.A. Stalder (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780792387602
Subjects: Hepatology; Internal Medicine; Diseases Of The Liver And Biliary Tract; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Nephrology; Gastroenterology; Medical / Gastroenterology
First sentence: The simplest way to conceive the mechanisms that initiate liver regeneration is to assume that at the start of the process, quiescent hepatocytes are propelled into proliferation by the action of a single growth factor.