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Morphometric study of microvilli in animals with advanced liver cirrhosis.
| Control group (CO) | Untreated cirrhotic group (CI) | Cirrhotic rats treated with IGF-I (CI+IGF) | ||
| elongated microvilli | microvilli atrophy | |||
| Length of microvilli (μm) | 1.66 ± 0.08 | 2.91 ± 0.31*** | 0.81 ± 0.19*** | 1.97 ± 0.24& |
Values are mean ± SEM, n = 8, ***p < 0.001; CO vs other groups, &p < 0.05 CI vs CI+IGF
