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Genetics of liver tumor susceptibility in mice.
Toxicology letters - 1 Dec 1995
Dragani T A, Manenti G, Gariboldi M, De Gregorio L, Pierotti M A
Abstract excerpt
A good experimental model of genetic predisposition to hepatocellular tumors is the murine strain C3H. These tumors share morphologic similarities with human hepatocellular tumors. After a treatment with a single small dose of chemical carcinogen, the C3H mice show a high susceptibility to the growth of hepatocellular neoplastic lesions, that reach a volume > 100-fold as compared to the corresponding lesions of...
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