Hydropic degeneration of the anterior pituitary gland (adenohypophysis) in uremic rats

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Levine, Seymour ^a   Saltzman, Arthur ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Anterior pituitary; D Serine; Hydropic degeneration; Hyponatremia; Mercuric chloride; Uremia

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO SERINE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; SERINE; SUCROSE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIET; HYPONATREMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; UREMIA;

EID: 1642441279     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.10.026     Document Type: Article

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