Biological and Biomechanical Effects of Direct Perturbation of Tissue Structure in the Cirrhotic Liver
Cirrhosis is the scarring that occurs as the common final stage of chronic liver diseases. Although our understanding of the disease has improved substantially over the past several decades, there has been little progress in the treatment of cirrhosis. Drug development has been unsuccessful largely...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153706 |