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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2008; 14(31): 4897-4902
Published online Aug 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4897
Ultrastructural changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment in CCl4 induced liver injury
Ilker Tasci, Nuket Mas, Mehmet Refik Mas, Murvet Tuncer, Bilgin Comert
Ilker Tasci, Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara 06018, Turkey
Nuket Mas, Department of Anatomy, Kocatepe University Medical Faculty, Afyon 03060, Turkey
Mehmet Refik Mas, Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara 06018, Turkey
Murvet Tuncer, Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara 06018, Turkey
Bilgin Comert, Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara 06018, Turkey
Author contributions: Tasci I and Mas MR designed research; Tasci I, Mas N and Tuncer M performed research; Mas MR, and Comert B analyzed data; and Tasci I wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants from the Gulhane Medical Research Council, No. AR-99/01
Correspondence to: Mehmet Refik Mas, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Gulhane School of Medicine, Etlik, Ankara 06018, Turkey. itasci@gata.edu.tr
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Received: March 27, 2008
Revised: July 10, 2008
Accepted: July 17, 2008
Published online: August 21, 2008
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