Biopathology of the Liver: An Ultrastructural Approach

Front Matter....Pages i-x
The human hepatocyte: Ultrastructural features of adult and fetal liver....Pages 1-12
Structure and function of the hepatic sinusoidal wall....Pages 13-22
Liver perivascular cells revealed by gold- and silver-impregnation methods and electron microscopy....Pages 23-36
Scanning electron microscopy of the liver cells....Pages 37-57
The three-dimensional fine structure of Ito cells and hepatocytes studied by a maceration method....Pages 59-68
The innervation of the liver....Pages 69-81
The microvascularization of the liver, the bile duct and the gallbladder....Pages 83-97
Microanatomy of the liver: physiopathological, clinical, and surgical aspects....Pages 99-111
Morphology of isolated and cultured hepatocytes from normal liver and in hepatocarcinogenesis....Pages 113-129
The pathology of the liver: an ultrastructural approach....Pages 131-147
Normal and pathological liver cells as studied in freeze-fracture replicas....Pages 149-166
Ultrastructure of hepatic tumours in teleosts....Pages 167-175
The elasmobranch liver. A model for chemical carcinogenesis studies in a ‘naturally resistant’ vertebrate....Pages 177-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-194