Mode of action: Oxalate crystal-induced renal tubule degeneration and glycolic acid-induced dysmorphogenesis - Renal and developmental effects of ethylene glycol

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 691-702

  Corley, Richard A ^a   Meek, M E ^b   Carney, Edward W ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental Toxicity; Glycolate; Human Relevance; Oxalate; Renal Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLIC ACID; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; BONE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FORAGING; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLATES; GROWTH; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TUBULES; OXALATES; TERATOGENS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 28144454210     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440591007322     Document Type: Article

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