Induced renal dysplasia in the young pouch opossum.
Using the North American opossum, Didelphis virginiana, we have developed a new model for studying the effects of early fetal urinary obstruction on subsequent renal development. We have successfully induced renal dysplasia in the marsupial that has a typically mammalian kidney.
Steinhardt
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Department of Surgery, St Louis University School of Medicine.
Vogler
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Salinas-Madrigal
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LaRegina
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D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D009893:Opossums; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000473:pathology*