Pathology of the oropharyngeal cavity in six strains of rats: Predisposition of Fischer 344 rats for inflammatory and degenerative changes

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-289

  Germann, Paul Georg ^a   Ockert, Deborah ^a   Heinrichs, Martin ^b,c  

^a ALTANA PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Fischer 344 rat; Gavage; Histopathology; Mortality; Oropharyngeal cavity; Strain comparison

Indexed keywords

METHYLCELLULOSE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031959132     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339802600215     Document Type: Article

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