Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1017-1025 , July 2001

Immunohistochemistry of the liver and biliary tree in extrahepatic biliary atresia

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☆ Address reprint requests to Mr M. Davenport, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, England.

PII: S0022-3468(01)13900-X

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.24730

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 7 , Pages 1017-1025 , July 2001

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