**EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS OF HUMAN DISEASES - AN EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY**

#### **Experimental Animal Models of Human Diseases - An Effective Therapeutic Strategy**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66030 Edited by Ibeh Bartholomew

#### **Contributors**

Raheela Mohsin Rizvi, Bartholomew Ibeh, Amy Lo, Larissa H.C. Tang, Ian Y.H. Wong, Isabelle Leclercq, Laure-Alix Clerbaux, Noemi Van Hul, Regina Espanol-Suner, Rita Manco, Annette S.H. Gouw, Ljubica Gavrilović, Vesna Stojiljković, Natasa Popovic, Snezana Pejic, Ana Todorovic, Ivan Pavlovic, Snezana Pajovic, Antonio Bernal, Javier Mahía, Amadeo Puerto, Meda Sandra Orasan, Andrei Coneac, Josephine Tabea Tauer, Meinolf Suttorp, Bernadette A.S. Jaeger, Anna Ulmer, Paula Geidel, Vera Girke, Lysann Kroschwald, Julia Hoeng, Giuseppe Lo Sasso, Blaine Philips, Walter Schlage, Manuel C. Peitsch, Daniel Hernandez-Baltazar, Rasajna Nadella, Maria De Jesus Rovirosa-Hernandez, Laura Mireya Zavala-Flores, Christian De Jesus Rosas Jarquin, Elena Franco-Robles, María José Hernández-Granados, Joel Ramírez-Emiliano, Melina Ribeiro Fernandes, Priscila Silva Figueiredo, Karoline Silva Rezende, Karine De Cássia Freitas, Priscila Aiko Hiane, Rita De Cássia Avellaneda Guimarães, María E Castañeda-López, Idalia Garza-Veloz, Jose Manuel Ortiz-Rodriguez, Rodrigo Castañeda-Miranda, Luis Octavio Solis-Sanchez, Héctor Rene Vega-Carrillo, Maria Del Rosario Martinez-Blanco, Fabiola Trejo-Vazquez, Iram Pablo Rodriguez-Sanchez, Iván Delgado-Enciso, Oscar Gustavo Meza-Zavala, Margarita de la Luz Martinez-Fierro, Michael Pedersen, Maria Dahl Andersen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Christina Søndergaard Duvald, Emmeli Fredsgaard Ravnkilde Mikkelsen, Mikkel Holm Vendelbo, Per Glud Ovesen, Bernardo Faria

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