Hepatocyte metaplasia in experimental chagasic pancreatitis: preliminary report.
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Beginning the study of chronic pathologic changes in pancreas of hamsters experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Vic strain, hepatocyte metaplasia was observed in one animal from infected group. This is the first report of oncocytes in Chagas' disease, which could be due to aberrant regenerative response to pancreas inflammatory process.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
دوره 34 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001