Your Liver: Your Coolest Organ

Sources Medically Reviewed on 09/10/2018 Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on September 10, 2018
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SOURCES:
American Heart Association: “About Cholesterol.”
Annual Review of Immunology: “Immune Responses in the Liver.”
Cell Division: “To divide or not to divide: revisiting liver regeneration.”
Cellular & Molecular Immunology: “Liver immunology and its role in inflammation and homeostasis.”
Cleveland Clinic: “The Structure and Function of the Digestive System.”
HCV Advocate: “An Overview of the Liver.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Liver: Anatomy and Functions.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “How it’s made: Cholesterol production in your body.’
Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine: “Bilirubin test,” “Liver Regeneration.”
Merck Manual: “Overview of the Immune System,” “Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats,” “Liver,” “Drug Metabolism,” “Hepatic Encephalopathy.”
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: “Your Digestive System & How it Works.”
Nemours Foundation: “Your Liver.”
Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on September 10, 2018
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