An Animal Model for the Study of Hepatic Stellate Cell and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Interaction

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-98

  Bay, B H ^b   Ng, R T H ^b   Song, I C ^b   Mack, P O P ^b   Ooi, London Lucien P J ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ito cell; Liver cancer; Morris hepatoma; Rat model

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO RAT; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED BUF;

EID: 0032617028     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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