E. coli endotoxin enhances cardiomyopathy in rats with chronic alcohol consumption

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Kita, Toshiro ^a   Nagano, Toru ^b   Kasai, Kentaro ^a   Tanaka, Noriyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholic cardiomyopathy; Endotoxin; Heart

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029810165     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01369600     Document Type: Article

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