Assessment of the longevity of the liver using a rat transplant model

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 421-425

  Sakai, Yoshiharu ^a,c   Zhong, Robert ^a,b   Garcia, Bertha ^a   Zhu, Linfu ^b   Wall, William J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; LIFESPAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031036135     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250227     Document Type: Article

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