Candesartan, rather than losartan, improves motor dysfunction in thioacetamide-induced chronic liver failure in rats
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is more common than the acute syndrome. Losartan, the first angiotensin-II receptor blocker (ARB), and candesartan, another widely-used ARB, have protected against developing fibrogenesis, but there is no clear data about their curative antifibrotic effects. The curren...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2017001100611&lng=en&tlng=en |