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A high incidence of spontaneous liver tumors has been reported in the LEC rat, a new mutant strain, which has been recently established at the Center for Experimental Plants and Animals of Hokkaido University.
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Nakajima, Y., Enomoto, K., Takahashi, H., Satoh, M.I., Oyamada, M., Mori, M. (1991). High Sensitivity of LEC Rats to Carcinogens Based Upon a Short-Term Carcinogenicity Assay. In: Mori, M., Yoshida, M.C., Takeichi, N., Taniguchi, N. (eds) The LEC Rat. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68153-3_33
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