Ultrastructural changes in limb distal nerves of rats with alcoholism and/or malnutrition before and after dietary correction

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-92

  Ortiz Plata, Alma ^a   Palencia, Guadalupe ^a   Garcia, Elizabeth ^a   Perez, Rodolfo ^a   Sotelo, Julio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alcoholic neuropathy; Alcoholism; Axonal degeneration; Malnutrition; Neuropathy; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIET; ETHANOL; EXTREMITIES; GLYCOGEN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE REGENERATION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS;

EID: 0031982314     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1263(199803/04)18:2<89::AID-JAT479>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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