Selenium and liver cirrhosis

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Al Bader, A ^a   Abul, H ^a   Hussain, T ^b   Al Moosawi, M ^b   Mathew, T C ^a   Dashti, H ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Selenium; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031714520     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006850514295     Document Type: Article

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