Effects of Maternal Undernutrition on Glomerular Ultrastructure in Rat Offspring

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 50-53

  Chen, Chung Ming ^a   Chou, Hsiu Chu ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Departments of Medicine   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

filtration slit; glomerular basement membrane; intrauterine growth restriction; podocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MESANGIUM; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 65549120059     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60032-2     Document Type: Article

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