Change trends of organ weight background data in Sprague Dawley rats at different ages

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-34

  Piao, Ying ^a   Liu, Yunen ^a   Xie, Xiaodong ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Organ coefficient; Organ weight; Reference range; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART WEIGHT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BODY WEIGHT RATIO; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS WEIGHT; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84876460781     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.26.29     Document Type: Article

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