An investigation into the reversibility of the morphological and cytokinetic changes seen in the small intestine of riboflavin deficient rats

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 220-225

  Williams, E A ^a   Rumsey, R D E ^b   Powers, H J ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intestinal morphology; Rats; Riboflavin depletion repletion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SMALL INTESTINE; WEANING;

EID: 0029818988     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.2.220     Document Type: Article

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