Effect of aging on liver regeneration in rats Efeitos do envelhecimento na regeneração hepática em ratos

PURPOSE: Regeneration and/or healing of tissues is believed to be more difficult in elderly people. The liver is one of the most complex organs in the human body, and is involved in a variety of functions. Liver regeneration is the body's protection mechanism against loss of functional liver ti...

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Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes Pessole Biondo-Simões, Jorge Eduardo Fouto Matias, Guilherme Ramina Montibeller, Letícia Cristina Dalledone Siqueira, Eduardo da Silva Nunes, Cristiano Antonio Grassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2006-08-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502006000400002