Genetically Determined Thymus Enlargement in the Early Life in BUF/Mna Rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-318

  Saito, Mitsuhiro ^a   Amo, Hiroyuki ^b   Murakumo, Yoshiki ^a   Kojima, Akinori ^c   Katoh, Hideki ^d   Hiromatsu, Takashi ^a   Matsuyama, Mutsushi ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Aichi Women's College   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BUF Mna rats; Cortex area medulla area ratio; Genetic analysis; Ten 1 and Ten 2; Thymus size enlargement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SUCKLING; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, INBRED WKY; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

EID: 0031204633     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.182.309     Document Type: Article

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