Age-related hematological changes in normal F344 rats: During the neonatal period

Experimental Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-159

  Kojima, Sayuri ^a   Haruta, Junko ^a   Enomoto, Akiko ^a   Fujisawa, Hideki ^a   Harada, Takanori ^a   Maita, Keizo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Hematology; Neonatal F344 rats

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD CELLS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033163042     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.48.153     Document Type: Article

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