Kidney biopsies can be used for estimations of glomerular number and volume: A pig study

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 452, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-403

  Lødrup, Anders Bergh ^a,b   Karstoft, Kristian ^a,b   Dissing, Thomas Heide ^b   Pedersen, Michael ^b   Nyengaard, Jens Randel ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biopsy; Kidney glomerulus; Microscopy; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MODEL; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 41049103804     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-007-0520-6     Document Type: Article

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