Age dependence of the cardiac lesions induced by minoxidil in the rat

Toxicology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 71-83

  Herman, Eugene H ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Chadwick, Douglas P ^a   Ferrans, Victor J ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteritis; Hemorrhage; Inflammation; Minoxidil; Myocardium; Necrosis; Rat

Indexed keywords

MINOXIDIL;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030014223     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03337-9     Document Type: Article

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