Left ventricular hypertrophy is prevalent in Sprague-Dawley rats

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-363

  McAdams, Ryan M ^a   McPherson, Ronald J ^a   Dabestani, Nazila M ^a   Gleason, Christine A ^a   Juul, Sandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE DEACETYLASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 78649416797     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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