Ligation of the left renal vein in epm1-wistar rats: functional and morphologic alterations in the kidneys, testes and suprarenal glands

OBJECTIVE: The ligation of the left renal vein (LLVR) in man is a contraversial procedure in view of the risks of lesion to the renal parenchyma. With the objective of studying the morphologic and functional alterations caused by these lesions, we conducted experimental research with rats. MATERIAL...

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Main Authors: José Carlos Costa Baptista-Silva, Miriam Sterman Dolnikoff, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro Moura, José Osmar Medina Pestana, Jose Gilberto Henriques Vieira, Fausto Miranda Jr, Nestor Schor, Clovis de Araujo Peres, Emil Burihan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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