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Degeneration of the bile ducts and gallbladder occurs during metamorphosis of the lamprey. Morphological aspects of this process suggest a similarity to human biliary atresia.
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Degeneration of the bile ducts and gallbladder occurs during metamorphosis of the lamprey. Morphological aspects of this process suggest a similarity to human biliary atresia.
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Acknowledgments. This investigation was supported by grant No. A5945 from the National Research Council of Canada. Dr M. M. Fisher, Department of Pathology, University of Toronto, kindly reviewed the manuscript.
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Youson, J.H., Sidon, E.W. Lamprey biliary atresia: First model system for the human condition?. Experientia 34, 1084–1086 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915363
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