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General characteristics of Han:SPRD rats (12 weeks old) |
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Females |
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| Control |
Cystic |
Control |
Cystic |
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| (n = 9) |
(n = 12) |
(n = 7) |
(n = 11) |
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| Body wt (gms) |
385 ± 8 |
356 ± 7 |
253 ± 4† |
242 ± 4† |
| LKW (gms) |
1.47 ± 0.05 |
4.19 ± 0.13* |
0.86 ± 0.03† |
1.89 ± 0.04*† |
| LKW/100 gms BW |
0.38 ± 0.01 |
1.18 ± 0.03* |
0.34 ± 0.01 |
0.76 ± 0.01*† |
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Values are means ± SEM. LKW, left kidney weight; BW, body weight. * p < 0.01 vs. respective noncystic control; † p < 0.01, female vs. respective male group | ||||
Park et al. BMC Nephrology 2007 8:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-8-12 |
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