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Summary
Administration of diethylstilbestrol to intact rabbits, or to rabbits made cirrhotic with carbon tetrachloride, produced in all animals a marked bile duct proliferation and in one animal changes suggestive of neoplasia of the bile ducts. The possibility that hyperestrogenism may be responsible for the increased incidence of carcinoma of the liver in cases of liver cirrhosis is suggested.
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