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Foci of Altered Hepatocytes, Mouse

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Foci of altered hepatocytes in the mouse liver are usually invisible with the naked eye. However, they may occasionally be recognizable grossly on careful examination, as small, whitish spots, 1–2 mm in diameter, on the liver surface.

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  1. ILSI Research Foundation, Harvard Medical School, 1126 Sixteenth Street. N.W., Washington, DC, 20036, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus)

  2. Sanofi Winthrop, Toxicology U.S., Nine Great Valley Parkway, Malvern, PA, 19355, USA

    James A. Popp D.V.M., Ph.D. (International Director of Toxicology, Vice President) (International Director of Toxicology, Vice President)

  3. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

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Ruebner, B.H., Bannasch, P., Hinton, D.E., Cullen, J.M., Ward, J.M. (1997). Foci of Altered Hepatocytes, Mouse. In: Jones, T.C., Popp, J.A., Mohr, U. (eds) Digestive System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25996-2_2

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