Portacaval shunt control animals: Physiological consequences derived from the sham operation

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-230

  Lopez L ^a   Burgos, P ^a   Santin L J ^a   Begega, A ^a   Arias, J ^a,b   Lorente, L ^b   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Portacaval shunt; Portosystemic encephalopathy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030750045     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780596239     Document Type: Article

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