Carnitine contents in remnant liver, kidney, and skeletal muscle after partial hepatectomy in rats: Randomized trial

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-47

  Lai, Hong Shiee ^a   Chen, Yun ^a   Chen, Wei Jao ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CARNITINE; HEPATECTOMY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031984833     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900347     Document Type: Article

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