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Chronic enteric salmonella infection in mice leads to severe and persistent intestinal fibrosis.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2008
Grassl Guntram A, Valdez Yanet, Bergstrom Kirk S B, Vallance Bruce A, Finlay B Brett
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Intestinal fibrosis and stricture formation are serious complications of Crohn's disease, often requiring surgical intervention. Unfortunately, the mechanisms underlying intestinal fibrosis development are poorly understood, in part because of the lack of relevant animal models. Here, we present a novel murine model of severe and persistent intestinal fibrosis caused by chronic...
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