Functional morphology of the glomerular filtration barrier of Gallus gallus

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-334

  Casotti, Giovanni ^a   Braun, Eldon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; PORIN; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANIONS; CHICKENS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PORINS; URIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; GLOMERULUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030175132     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199606)228:3<327::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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