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The architecture of bile secretion

A morphological perspective of physiology

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  1. Cell Biology Section, 151 E, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, 94121, San Francisco, California

    Albert L. Jones MD, Douglas L. Schmucker PhD, Richard H. Renston BA & Takuro Murakami MD

  2. Department of Medicine and Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco

    Albert L. Jones MD, Douglas L. Schmucker PhD, Richard H. Renston BA & Takuro Murakami MD

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    Albert L. Jones MD, Douglas L. Schmucker PhD, Richard H. Renston BA & Takuro Murakami MD

  4. Department of Anatomy, Okayama University School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

    Albert L. Jones MD, Douglas L. Schmucker PhD, Richard H. Renston BA & Takuro Murakami MD

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Jones, A.L., Schmucker, D.L., Renston, R.H. et al. The architecture of bile secretion. Digest Dis Sci 25, 609–629 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01318875

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