An ultrastructural study to investigate the effect of allopurinol on cerulein-induced damage to pancreatic acinar cells in rat

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-29

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Scutti, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Allopurinol; Cerulein; Electron microscopy; Free radicals; Pancreatic ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CERULETIDE;

ACINAR CELL; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TARGET CELL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; CAERULEIN; FREE RADICALS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031886257     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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