Recent advances in mouse models of obesityand nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-associated hepatocarcinogenesis

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2110-2118

  Nakagawa, Hayato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metabolic syndrome; Mouse model; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939206439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i17.2110     Document Type: Short Survey

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