Paraquat poisoning: an experimental model of dose-dependent acute lung injury due to surfactant dysfunction
Since the most characteristic feature of paraquat poisoning is lung damage, a prospective controlled study was performed on excised rat lungs in order to estimate the intensity of lesion after different doses. Twenty-five male, 2-3-month-old non-SPF Wistar rats, divided into 5 groups, received paraq...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
1998-03-01
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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=S0100-879X1998000300018 |