Radiation hepatology of the rat: Association of the production of prostacyclin with radiation-induced hepatic fibrosis

Radiation Research

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-97

  Geraci, J P ^a   Mariano, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LIVER CELL MEMBRANE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SLICE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; RAT;

6-KETOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPOPROSTENOL; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030041599     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579201     Document Type: Article

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