Changes in kidney volume during pregnancy in non-diabetic and diabetic rats measured by magnetic resonance imaging

Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 302-307

  Christiansen, Thora ^a   Stødkilde Jørgensen, Hans ^b   Klebe, Joachim G ^b   Flyvbjerg, Allan ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diabetes; Kidney; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pregnancy, rat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031821060     PISSN: 10187782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020537     Document Type: Article

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