Histological assessment of intermediate- and long-term creatine monohydrate supplementation in mice and rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 4 54-4, 2003, Pages

  Tarnopolsky, M A ^a,d   Bourgeois, J M ^a   Snow, R ^b   Keys, S ^c   Roy, B D ^a   Kwiecien, J M ^a   Turnbull, J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Drug toxicity; Hepatitis; Side effects

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEPATITIS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0141522497     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00270.2003     Document Type: Article

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