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Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 709052, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/709052
Research Article

The Dynamics of Glutathione Species and Ophthalmate Concentrations in Plasma from the VX2 Rabbit Model of Secondary Liver Tumors

R. Abbas,1 R. S. Kombu,2 R. A. Ibarra,1,2 K. K. Goyal,1 H. Brunengraber,1,2 and J. R. Sanabria1,2

1Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Lakeside 7510, PS 5047, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
2Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Lakeside 7510, PS 5047, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Received 26 June 2010; Accepted 11 January 2011

Academic Editor: Christos G. Dervenis

Copyright © 2011 R. Abbas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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