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Abstract
An inbred strain of Long-Evans rats that develops hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and mild obesity, mostly in males, that resembles non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. It was developed from outbred Long-Evans stock in 1983.
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- Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty Rats
- Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Rats
- Rats, Inbred OLETF
- Rats, OLETF
- Fatty Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima
- Inbred OLETF Rat
- OLETF Rat
- OLETF Rat, Inbred
- OLETF Rats
- OLETF Rats, Inbred
- Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty Rats
- Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Rats
- Rat, Inbred OLETF
- Rat, OLETF
- Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima
- Rats, Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima Fatty
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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; a model for DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2 not DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL
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History Note
1999
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- Rats (1993-1998)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inbred OLETF Rats. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020334. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020334
- Inbred OLETF Rats. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69385571