Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , August 2004

Molecular mechanisms of alcoholic fatty liver: role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha

Received 30 March 2004 ,Revised 28 June 2004 ,Accepted 3 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.07.005

Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , August 2004

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