Turk J Gastroenterol
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Turk J Gastroenterol · Jun 2009
Overweight and structural alterations of the liver in female rats fed a high-fat diet: a stereological and histological study.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of a fatty diet on body weight and liver morphometry in rats via modern stereological methods accompanied by a histological evaluation. ⋯ We have shown that a fatty diet in rats causes obesity and may lead to morphological alterations in the liver such as hepatomegaly accompanied by histopathological changes.