Expression of α-fetoprotein and stem cell factor/c-kit system in bile duct ligated young rats

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1115-1122

  Omori, Masako ^a   Evarts, Ritva P ^a   Omori, Nobuhiko ^a   Hu, Zongyi ^a   Marsden, Elizabeth R ^a   Thorgeirsson, Snorri S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0030993653     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250512     Document Type: Article

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