Morphological characteristics of bone in dwarf rats derived from Wistar Hannover GALAS rats

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Kokoshima, Hiroko ^a   Doi, Takuya ^a   Kurotaki, Tetsuro ^a   Sato, Junko ^a   Kotani, Yuri ^a   Tsuchitani, Minoru ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dwarf; Endochondral ossification; Growth plate; Hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548978023     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.20.155     Document Type: Article

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