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New animal-model with hyper-bilitrubinemia: The indigo snake.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1979
ISSN
0163-2116
Abstract
An unconjugated hyper-bilirubinemia has been observed in all species of normal indigo snakes. The plasma clearance of large organic anions such as sulfobromophthalein and unconjugated bilirubin was markedly delayed when compared to other snake species. Endogenous bile flow and biliverdin and bilirubin excretory rates and the excretion of bile pigments after a bilirubin load were measured in various snakes. The indigo snake represents a new animal model in which to study mechanisms important to hepatic anion uptake and biliary transport.
Language
en_US
Publisher
Springer
Recommended Citation
Noonan, N.E., Olsen, G.A. & Cornelius, C.E. (1979). New animal-model with hyper-bilitrubinemia: The indigo snake. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 24(7), 521-524.
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Comments
Abstract only. Full-text article is available through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 24(7), 521-524. DOI: 10.1007/BF01489319. Members of the USF System may access the full-text of the article through the authenticated link provided.