Medullary injury in the ageing rat kidney;: Functional-morphometric correlations

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 346-351

  Greenfeld, Z ^a,c   Stillman, I E ^b   Brezis, M ^a   Rosen, S ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Concentration; Glomerulosclerosis; Medulla; Thick ascending limb; Uninephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030936207     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1997.1140651.x     Document Type: Article

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