Morphological signs of cirrhosis regression. Experimental observations on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis of rats

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 449-456

  Di Vinicius, Igor ^a   Baptista, Ana Paula ^a   Barbosa Jr , Aryon A ^a   Andrade, Zilton A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Cirrhosis reversibility; Hepatic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; INDIAN INK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REMISSION;

EID: 23244442686     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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