Relationship of body weight and volume of liver. A morphometrical and stereological study

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 891-895

  Altunkaynak, Berrin Z ^a   Altunkaynak, Muhammed E ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEVOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID DIET; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; LIVER; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34547100342     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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