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3. Necrosis. Ultrastructural, light microscopical and gross changes: Difference between revisions

Created page with "Necrosis is the “catastrophic”, “dirty” (as opposed to clean apoptosis) type of cell death, the type that happens when something goes very wrong. That “something” can be many things (see causes of cell injury in topic 2). When a cellular injury is so severe that the cell cannot recover from it, we say that the injury has reached the point of no return, and that is when the cell undergoes necrosis. We often talk about necrosis as a response to hypoxia, often b..."
(Created page with "Necrosis is the “catastrophic”, “dirty” (as opposed to clean apoptosis) type of cell death, the type that happens when something goes very wrong. That “something” can be many things (see causes of cell injury in topic 2). When a cellular injury is so severe that the cell cannot recover from it, we say that the injury has reached the point of no return, and that is when the cell undergoes necrosis. We often talk about necrosis as a response to hypoxia, often b...")
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