Vitamin A and kidney development

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2002, Pages 78-80

  Gilbert, Thierry ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

c ret; Nephron mass; Renal organogenesis; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RET; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MODULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 0036381365     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.suppl_9.78     Document Type: Article

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