Podocyte number in the maturing rat kidney

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-96

  Bai, Xiao Yan ^a   Basgen, John M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractionator disector; Glomerular volume; Podocyte number; Rat; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; PODOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650670430     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322701     Document Type: Article

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