AT long last: An animal model of Wilson'
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Ronald J. Sokol
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The LEC rat is an inbred mutant strain with spontaneous hepatitis isolated from Long-Evans rats. Since approximately 40% of LEC rats die of fulminant hepatitis, the rat serves an animal model for studying the pathogenesis and treatment of human fulminant hepatitis. The remaining 60% of LEC rats surv