Chronic lead exposure alters transthyretin concentration in rat cerebrospinal fluid: The role of the choroid plexus

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 445-450

  Zheng, Wei ^a,b   Shen, Huan ^a   Blaner, William S ^a   Zhao, Qiuqu ^a   Ren, Xiaojun ^a   Graziano, Joseph H ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METAL ION; PREALBUMIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030220601     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1996.0186     Document Type: Article

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