Pathogenesis of hepatic septal fibrosis associated with Capillaria hepatica infection of rats Patogenia da fibrose septal hepática associada com a infecção por Capillaria hepatica em ratos
Septal fibrosis is a common form of hepatic fibrosis, but its etiology and pathogenesis are poorly understood. Rats infected with the helminth Capillaria hepatica constitute a good experimental model of such fibrosis. To investigate the pathogenetic contribution of the several parasitic factors invo...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2001-12-01
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| Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000600001 |