An ultrasound and histomorphological analysis of experimental liver cirrhosis in rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 992-999

  Dias, J V ^a   Paredes, B D ^a   Mesquita, L F Q ^a   Carvalho, A B ^a   Kozlowski, E O ^a   Lessa, A S ^a   Takiya, C M ^a   Resende, C M C ^a   Coelho, H S M ^a   Campos de Carvalho, A C ^a   Rezende, G F M ^a   Goldenberg, R C S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CCL4; Cirrhosis; Collagen; Ethanol; Rat; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; VEIN DIAMETER; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 59849086618     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2008001100008     Document Type: Article

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