Vitamin A-deficient rats have only mild changes in jejunal structure and function

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1817-1826

  Warden, Rosemary A ^c   Strazzari, Marisa J ^a   Dunkley, Peter R ^c   O'Loughlin, Edward V ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

diarrhea; jejunal structure and function; rats; vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SUCRASE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029958451     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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