The lesion caused by microcystin-LR in the liver of the rat. Is it a model for apoptosis in vivo in the liver?

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 172-176

  Seawright, A A ^a,b   Cain, K ^b   Nolan, C C ^b   Dinsdale, D ^b   Cood, G A ^c  

^a University of Queensland and Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22644446802     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-6s-172.1     Document Type: Article

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