Overweight and structural alterations of the liver in female rats fed a high-fat diet: A stereological and histological study

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Altunkaynak, Berrin Zuhal ^a   Özbek, Elvan ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fatty diet; Hepatomegaly; Histopathology; Overweight; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID DIET; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; STEREOMETRY; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HEPATOMEGALY; LIVER; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 67649355204     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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