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Color Atlas of Fetal and Neonatal Histology

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The fetal liver is an important organ with synthetic and hematopoietic functions that undergoes dramatic histological change during the second and third trimesters of gestation. This chapter reviews the histological changes in the fetal liver evident in hepatocytes, the sinusoidal lining cells, the intrahepatic biliary tree, and the hematopoietic elements, as well as discusses the development of the hepatic vasculature and extrahepatic biliary tree.

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  1. Division of Anatomic Pathology Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA

    Pierre Russo MD (Director)

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Pierre Russo MD (Professor)

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  1. Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, 710 N. Fairbanks Court, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    Linda M. Ernst

  2. Dept. Pathology, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 324 South 34th St, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli

  3. Dept. Pathology, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 324 South 34th St, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Dale S. Huff

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Russo, P., Russo, P. (2011). Liver. In: Ernst, L., Ruchelli, E., Huff, D. (eds) Color Atlas of Fetal and Neonatal Histology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0019-6_4

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