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The association between murine cytomegalovirus induced hepatitis and the accumulation of oval cells.
International journal of experimental pathology - 1 Dec 1998
Cassell H S, Price P, Olver S D, Yeoh G C
Abstract excerpt
The accumulation of oval cells is an early event in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma induced by certain experimental regimes involving hepatocarcinogens. Oval cells have also been observed during chronic hepatitis induced by alcohol and iron overload. In this study, livers of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infected mice were examined to determine whether hepatitis induced by this virus could initiate...
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