Nephrotoxicity of inorganic mercury co-administered with L-cysteine

Toxicology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-29

  Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a,c   Barfuss, Delon W ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Basic Medical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic mercury; L cysteine; Nephrotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029966402     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(95)03297-S     Document Type: Review

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