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Cholestasis: A Problem

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Clinical Hepatology

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Cholestasis or bile secretory failure may be caused by a mechanical block along the course of the biliary passageways outside the liver (extrahepatic cholestasis) or by a functional derangement of the bile producing cells (intrahepatic cholestasis) [17].

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Desmet, V.J. (1983). Cholestasis: A Problem. In: Csomós, G., Thaler, H. (eds) Clinical Hepatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68748-8_22

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