Morphometry of the glomerular tuft during normal postnatal growth in female rats. effects of age, location of glomeruli and methods of obtaining and processing the renal tissue

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-269

  Ossan, Georgina P ^a   Castiglia, Nora I ^a   Martino, María F ^a   Fariña, Silvia L ^a   Uceda, Ana M ^a   Monserrat, Alberto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 76449103665     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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