Nephrocalcinosis in rabbits - A case study

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-148

  Ritskes Hoitinga, Merel ^a   Skott, Ole ^a   Uhrenholt, Torben R ^a   Nissen, Inger ^a   Lemmens, Inez ^b   Beynen, Anton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 7044227962     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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