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Abnormal ethanol metabolism in Long-Evans Cinnamon rats, a mutant strain developing spontaneous hepatoma.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement - 1 Jan 1993
Nakajima M, Kato J, Kohgo Y, Katsuki S, Inui N, Ohya M, Takeichi N, Niitu Y
Abstract excerpt
The Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rat is a mutant strain established from Long-Evans rats. LEC rats display hereditary hepatitis and spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We first tried to examine effects of ethanol consumption on the development of HCC, and fed a Lieber's liquid diet containing 5% ethanol to LEC rats. However the rats died within 2 weeks because of acute alcohol intoxication. In LEC rats, the...
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