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Rat malarial glomerulonephritis
This paper describes the immunopathologic findings in acute malaria-associated glomerulonephritis in the rat. Young Sprague-Dawley rats were infected withPlasmodium berghei berghei. The subsequent parasitemia and...
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KIDNEY FUNCTION IN HABU VENOM NEPHROPATHY IN RATS
The injection of Habu snake venom into rats has been discussed as a useful model for studying focal mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis(GN) (Cattell et al. Am.J.Pathol.87:511[1977]).Morphological,immune f...
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EFFECTS OF MESANGIAL LOADING WITH POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) UPON EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNE COMPLEX GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (GN)
PVA inhibits the clearance of macromolecules from the mesangium.This phenomenon was investigated during a malarial GN.GroupI: 11 Sprague Dawley rats(50g) were trea ted with PVA(50mg/d s.c.) for 2 weeks.PVA locali...