Capillaria hepatica-induced septal fibrosis in rats: a contribution to the study of liver fibrogenesis Contribuição para o estudo da fibrogenesis hepática em ratos infectados com Capillaria hepatica

INTRODUCTION: Septal fibrosis of the liver regularly develops in rats infected with the nematode Capillaria hepatica. Curative treatment of the infection prevents the development of septal fibrosis when intervention occurs up to postinfection day (PID) 15, but not later. The present investigation ai...

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Main Authors: Valter Lucas Chaves Barbosa, Zilton de Araújo Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2010-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000500006