Morphometrical Analysis of Sex and Strain Differences in the Mouse Nephron

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 891-896

  Yabuki, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Syusaku ^a,b   Matsumoto, Mitsuharu ^a   Nishinakagawa, Hayao ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Morphometry; Mouse; Sex difference; Strain difference

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CASTRATION; DBA MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEPHRON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEPHRONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033174953     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.891     Document Type: Article

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