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Study results from Chang Gung University provide new insights into angiology

Published in Blood Weekly, June 10th, 2010

Scientists discuss in 'Impaired liver regeneration of steatotic rats after portal vein ligation: a particular emphasis on (99m)Tc-DISIDA scintigraphy and adiponectin signaling' new findings in angiology. "Portal vein ligation (PVL) is increasingly employed prior to major hepatectomy in order to enhance the volume of the future liver remnant (FLR) and to avoid post-hepatectomy liver failure. The efficacy of PVL on subjects with non-alcohol fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is largely unknown," researchers in Taoyuan, Taiwan report.

"Sprague-Dawley rats fed with normal diet (control) and methionine-choline deficient diet (MCD) were used. The animals underwent PVL and were...

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