Oxidative Stress and Pulmonary Changes in Experimental Liver Cirrhosis

The use of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in rats is an experimental model of hepatic tissue damage; which leads to fibrosis, and at the long term, cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is the consequence of progressive continued liver damage, it may be reversible when the damaging noxae have been withdrawn. The aim of...

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Main Authors: Renata Salatti Ferrari, Darlan Pase da Rosa, Luiz Felipe Forgiarini, Silvia Bona, Alexandre Simões Dias, Norma Possa Marroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/486190