Porcine models for the metabolic syndrome, digestive and bone disorders: A general overview

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 899-920

  Litten Brown, J C ^a   Corson, A M ^a   Clarke, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone remodelling; digestive disorders; metabolic syndrome; sporcine biomedical model

Indexed keywords

MUS; PIERIS BRASSICAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 77954562869     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000200     Document Type: Article

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