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Reduction of liver mass due to malnutrition in rats. Correlation with emaciation of animals and size of organs not inserted in the portal system
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Sao Paulo Medical Journal v.113 n.3 1995, São Paulo medical journal, Associação Paulista de Medicina, instacron:APM, São Paulo Medical Journal, Vol 113, Iss 3, Pp 903-909, Sao Paulo Medical Journal, Volume: 113, Issue: 3, Pages: 903-909, Published: JUN 1995
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Abstract
- We studied the effects of protein-energy malnutrition on the liver morphology of rats as compared to animal emaciation and to reduction in size of the organs not irrigated by splanchnic blood such as kidneys and spleen. The animals were divided into two groups, one of them fed ad libitum rate (N=10) and the other (N=14) receiving water but no food for 7 days, and the changes in animal weight, liver, kidney and spleen mass were determined. DNA and the protein/DNA ratio, as well as hepatocyte size, were determined in liver tissue. The liver decreased in mass (27.14%) at a significantly higher proportion (p
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Protein–energy malnutrition
lcsh:Medicine
Spleen
Kidney
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Atrophy
Internal medicine
medicine
Animals
Insulin
Rats, Wistar
business.industry
Body Weight
lcsh:R
Malnutrition
Organ Size
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Glucagon
Liver regeneration
Rats
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
Liver
Starvation
Hepatocyte
Female
medicine.symptom
Emaciation
Splanchnic
business
Subjects
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- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Sao Paulo Medical Journal v.113 n.3 1995, São Paulo medical journal, Associação Paulista de Medicina, instacron:APM, São Paulo Medical Journal, Vol 113, Iss 3, Pp 903-909, Sao Paulo Medical Journal, Volume: 113, Issue: 3, Pages: 903-909, Published: JUN 1995
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4b9eec7ce9a40d2faa7886cf60dddd37