Kidneys of the killerwhale and significance of reniculism

Anatomical Record

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-44

  Maluf, N S R ^a,b   Gassman, J J ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cleveland Clinic Foundation ^*  (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Killerwhale; Reniculism; Zoological nephrology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY TUBULE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; GLOMERULUS; MAMMALIA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 0031974761     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199801)250:1<34::AID-AR4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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