ACTION OF VITAMIN E ON EXPERIMENTAL SEVERE ACUTE LIVER FAILURE

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Severe Acute Liver Failure (ALF) is a life-threatening clinical syndrome characterized by hepatocyte necrosis, loss of hepatic architecture, and impairment of liver functions. One of the main causes of ALF is hepatotoxicity from chemical agents, which damage hepatocytes and resu...

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Main Authors: Fabiano Moraes MIGUEL, Elizângela Gonçalves SCHEMITT, Josieli Raskopf COLARES, Renata Minuzzo HARTMANN, Maria Isabel MORGAN-MARTINS, Norma Possa MARRONI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2017-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032017000200123&lng=en&tlng=en