NEPHRON NUMBER IN THE OFFSPRING OF RATS FED A LOW PROTEIN DIET DURING PREGNANCY
In experimental studies it has been shown that intrauterine growth retardation and reduced kidney growth during development are associated with significant decreases in nephron endowment. However, the results of previous studies may be inaccurate as nephron counts were obtained using a maceration te...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis
2011-05-01
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Series: | Image Analysis and Stereology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/651 |