Heritable nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor) in the Upjohn Sprague Dawley rat

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-326

  Mesfin, Gebre M ^a   Breech, Kyle T ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PEDIGREE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENT DISEASES; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0030162910     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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