Magnetic resonance imaging of urea transporter knockout mice shows renal pelvic abnormalities

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1202-1208

  Jacob, Vinitha A ^a   Harbaugh, Calista M ^a   Dietz, John R ^b   Fenton, Robert A ^c   Kim, Soo M ^d   Castrop, Hayo ^d   Schnermann, Jurgen ^d   Knepper, Mark A ^a,e   Chou, Chung Lin ^a   Anderson, Stasia A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hydronephrosis; Renal pelvic reflux

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AQUAPORIN 1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; RENIN; SODIUM; UREA;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 53949091270     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.392     Document Type: Article

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