The rapid establishment and implications of a melamine-induced standardized bladder stone model in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3013-3017

  Xu, Chang Fu ^a   Gao, Xiao Li ^a   Du, Yun Xia ^a   Ren, Shu Ting ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

50 Lethal dose (LD50); Bladder stone; Golden section (0.618); Melamine; Mice; Model

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLADDER STONE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LD 50; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STANDARDIZATION; STONE FORMATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TRIAZINES; URINARY BLADDER CALCULI;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 80054850963     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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