A one-month repeated oral dose toxicity study of methotrexate in unilaterally nephrectomized rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1998, Pages 681-699

  Murakami, Yoshinori ^a   Yamazaki, Kiyomi ^a   Sakauchi, Narumi ^a   Ogasawara, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamashita, Noriaki ^a   Masuda, Tatsuki ^a   Tauchi, Kiyonori ^a  

^a Wyeth Lederle   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methotrexate; Nephrectomized Rat; One month toxicity

Indexed keywords

7 HYDROXYMETHOTREXATE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; METHOTREXATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032444808     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.23.supplementv_681     Document Type: Article

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