An animal model for copper-associated cirrhosis in infancy

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-221

  Aston, Nicola S ^a   Morris, Pauline A ^a   Tanner, M S ^a,b   Variend, Sadick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copper; Indian childhood cirrhosis; Liver; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Retrorsine

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PYRROLIZINE DERIVATIVE; RETRORSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAL BINDING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COPPER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031698006     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(1998100)186:2<215::AID-PATH145>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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