Spontaneous neoplastic transformation of WB-F344 rat liver epithelial cells

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1913-1921

  Hooth, Michelle J ^a   Coleman, William B ^a   Presnell, Sharon C ^a   Borchert, Kristen M ^a   Grisham, Joe W ^a   Smith, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031772296     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65705-7     Document Type: Article

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