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. 2012 May 7;18(17):2018–2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i17.2018

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Human fetal liver development[31,74]. The key stages of human liver development are shown in pink and blue. Endoderm formation occurs in the 2nd-3rd wk of fetal development. The liver bud forms between week 3-4 and expands rapidly. Hepatocytes and biliary epithelia differentiate and mature from 7 wk post fertilisation and this process continues in the neo-nate.