Alcohol
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 157-169 , March 2010

The role of ethanol metabolism in development of alcoholic steatohepatitis in the rat

  • Martin J. Ronis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
    • Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 15 Children's Way, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA. Tel.: +1-501-364-2796; fax: +1-501-364-3161.
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  • Soheila Korourian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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  • Michael L. Blackburn

      Affiliations

    • Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
    • ,
  • Jamie Badeaux

      Affiliations

    • Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas M. Badger

      Affiliations

    • Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
    • Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA

Received 12 August 2009 ,Revised 3 November 2009 ,Accepted 5 November 2009.

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Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 157-169 , March 2010

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