Hepatic mucosal mast cell hyperplasia in rats with secondary biliary cirrhosis

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 888-895

  Rioux, Kevin P ^a   Shaekey, Keith A ^a   Wallace, John L ^a   Swain, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; COLLAGEN; HISTAMINE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029916254     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008666346     Document Type: Article

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