Etiology of cecal and hepatic lesions in mice after administration of gas-carrier contrast agents used in ultrasound imaging

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-184

  Rasmussen, H ^a   Dirven, H A A M ^a   Grant, D ^a   Johnsen, H ^a   Midtvedt, T ^b  

^a Amersham Health AS   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fluorescein flowmetry; Gas embolization; Pco2; Perfusion; Sodium fluorescein

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE PERFUSION; INTESTINE ULCER; LIVER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 0037406446     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-008X(03)00101-7     Document Type: Article

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