Difference between revisions of "Liver Regeneration"
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 28 June 2010
- occurs quite readily when damaged
- approximately 70% of the liver can be removed surgically without danger to life
- can reconstitute itself to its former mass in a few weeks
- may not be its original shape
NB: larger areas of necrosis or continual bouts of necrosis are accompanied by fibrosis and biliary hyperplasia