PPARα activation improves endothelial dysfunction and reduces fibrosis and portal pressure in cirrhotic rats
✍ Scribed by Aina Rodríguez-Vilarrupla; Bàrbara Laviña; Héctor García-Calderó; Lucia Russo; Eugenio Rosado; Núria Roglans; Jaume Bosch; Joan Carles García-Pagán
- Book ID
- 116652685
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 941 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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