Phenotypic patterns of preneoplastic and neoplastic hepatic lesions in woodchucks infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus.

doi:10.1007/BF01637078

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Phenotypic patterns of preneoplastic and neoplastic hepatic lesions in woodchucks infected with woodchuck hepatitis virus.

Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Jan 1990

Toshkov I, Hacker H J, Roggendorf M, Bannasch P

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Chronic infection of woodchucks with woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) was associated with the development of hepatitis, foci of altered hepatocytes and hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas. The cytomorphological and cytochemical analysis permitted the identification of three different types of f...

Topics

Animals
Female
Hepadnaviridae
Hepatitis, Viral, Animal
Liver
Liver Neoplasms
Male
Marmota
Phenotype
Precancerous Conditions

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