Regression of gestational diabetes induced cardiomegaly in offspring of diabetic rat Regressão da miocardiopatia hipertrófica em filhotes de ratas diabéticas

PURPOSE: To compare body weight and length, heart weight and length, heart-to-body weight ratio, glycemia, and morphometric cellular data of offspring of diabetic rats (ODR) and of normal rats (control). METHODS: Diabetes was induced in 3 pregnant Wistar rats, bearing 30 rats, on the 11th day after...

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Main Authors: Honório Sampaio Menezes, Cláudio Galeano Zettler, Alice Calone, Jackson Borges Corrêa, Carla Bartuscheck, Cristine Sortica da Costa, Sílvia Letícia Merceo Bacchi Cirino, Paulo Zielinsky
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2009-08-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502009000400002