Contribution to the study of collagen degradation;Contribuição ao estudo da degradação do colágeno

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-336

  Cavalcanti, Andrea ^b   Barbosa Jr , Aryon A ^b   Andrade, Zilton A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CCl4 induced fibrosis; Collagen degradation; Hepatic cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649141055     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-24442002000400012     Document Type: Article

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