Effects of vitamin A on fetal kidneys in albino mice: A histological study

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1045-1050

  Naseer, Uzma ^a   Tahir, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Histological changes; Kidney; Retinoic acid; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLITE; PREGNANCY; RESORPTION; RODENT; SKIN DISORDER; VITAMIN;

MUS;

EID: 84865699533     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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