Review of experimental models for inducing hepatic cirrhosis by bile duct ligation and carbon tetrachloride injection.

Purpose: To present a review about a comparative study of bile duct ligation versus carbon tetrachloride Injection for inducing experimental liver cirrhosis.

Methods: This research was made through Medline/PubMed and SciELO web sites looking for papers on the content "induction of liver cirrhosis in rats". We have found 107 articles but only 30 were selected from 2004 to 2011.