An iron-deficient diet stimulates the onset of the hepatitis due to hepatic copper deposition in the Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rat

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 353-358

  Sugawara, Naoki ^a   Sugawara, Chieko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu and Fe deficient diets; Cu and Fe metabolism; Hepatitis; Long Evans Cinnamon rat; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM;

EID: 0032752567     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002040050673     Document Type: Article

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