Evaluation of possible failure of the mononuclear phagocyte system after total splenectomy in rats

Young and adult Wistar rats were submitted to total splenectomy and compared to animals not submitted to any surgical manipulation in order to evaluate the phagocytic function of spleen. The animals were infected with Escherichia coli labeled with technetium-99m and killed 20 minutes later. Liver, l...

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Main Authors: Marques Ruy Garcia, Petroianu Andy, Oliveira Márcia Betânia Nunes de, Bernardo-Filho Mário, Portela Margareth Crisóstomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2004-01-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000200006