A Contemporary Overview of Chronic Progressive Nephropathy in the Laboratory Rat, and Its Significance for Human Risk Assessment

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-180

  Hard, Gordon C ^a   Khan, Kanwar Nasir ^a  

^a Pfizer R and D ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Chemical exacerbation; Human chronic renal disease; Modifying factors; Pathogenesis; Renal tumors; Spontaneous nephropathy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

AGE; AGING; BIOASSAY; CALORIC INTAKE; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE NEPHROPATHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GLOMERULAR DYSFUNCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY ADENOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842563805     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230490422574     Document Type: Review

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