Effect of chronic ethanol consumption in female rats subjected to experimental sepsis

The objective of this research was to evaluate the interference of ethanol consumption by female rats with cytokines involved in the sepsis process and its correlation with mortality, the main outcome of sepsis. Female Wistar rats in estrus phase were evaluated in three experiments. Experiment 1 (n=...

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Main Authors: C.L. Castro, A.S. Aguiar-Nemer, H.C. Castro-Faria-Neto, F.R. Barros, E.M.S. Rocha, V.A. Silva-Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001201033&lng=en&tlng=en