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Abstract
A cinnamon-colored strain of Long-Evans rats which carries a mutation causing fulminant hepatitis and jaundice, with an associated gross accumulation of copper in the liver. This strain is a model for Wilson's Disease (see HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION).
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- Long-Evans Cinnamon Rats
- Rats, Inbred LEC
- Rats, Inbred Long-Evans Cinnamon
- Cinnamon Rats, Long-Evans
- Inbred LEC Rat
- LEC Rat, Inbred
- LEC Rats, Inbred
- Long Evans Cinnamon Rats
- Rat, Inbred LEC
- Rats, Inbred Long Evans Cinnamon
- Rats, Long-Evans Cinnamon
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.
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NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal
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1999
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- Rats (1989-1998)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inbred LEC Rats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020332. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020332
- Inbred LEC Rats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69385253