Diet-induced nephrocalcinosis in female rats is irreversible and is induced primarily before the completion of adolescence

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 259-265

  Peterson, Catherine A ^a,b   Baker, David H ^a   Erdman Jr , John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; life cycle; nephrocalcinosis; phosphorus; rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; RAT;

EID: 0030045588     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.1.259     Document Type: Article

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