Vitamin A deficiency induces morphometric changes and decreased functionality in chicken small intestine

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Uni, Zehava ^a   Zaiger, Gidi ^a   Reifen, Ram ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chicken; Small intestine; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DISACCHARIDASE; DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERTROPHY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031767496     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114500070008     Document Type: Article

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