Revised guides for organ sampling and trimming in rats and mice - Part 1: A joint publication of the RITA and NACAD groups

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 91-106

  Ruehl Fehlert, Christine ^a,c   Kittel, Birgit ^b   Morawietz, Gerd ^c   Deslex, Paul ^d   Keenan, Charlotte ^e   Mahrt, Charles R ^d   Nolte, Thomas ^f   Robinson, Mervyn ^g   Stuart, Barry P ^h   Deschl, Ulrich ^f  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e ADOLOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^f B Ingelheim Pharma GmbH/Co KG   (Germany)

^g JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^h BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clitoral gland; Esophagus; Extraorbital lacrimal gland; Guidelines; Lymph node; Mammary gland; Mandibular gland; Mouse; NACAD; Parotid gland; Preputial gland; Rat; RITA; Salivary gland; Skin; Standardization; Sublingual gland; Tongue; Trachea; Trimming; Zymbal's gland

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

BREAST; CLITORIS; ESOPHAGUS; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GALLBLADDER; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; LACRIMAL GLAND; LARYNX; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PANCREAS; PAROTID GLAND; PHARYNX; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREPUTIAL GLAND; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SAMPLING; SKIN; STANDARDIZATION; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SLICE; TONGUE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TRACHEA;

EID: 10744230931     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0940-2993(04)70148-7     Document Type: Review

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