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Generation of a Rat Model of Acute Liver Failure by Combining 70% Partial Hepatectomy and Acetaminophen
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Transient laboratory changes in a cat with repeated hepatic haemorrhages due to amyloidosis
1Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
The Veterinary Record
|January 8, 2008
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