Quantification of glomerular number and size distribution in normal rat kidneys using magnetic resonance imaging.

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Published in Nephrol Dial Transplant on June 03, 2011

Authors

Melanie Heilmann1, Sabine Neudecker, Ivo Wolf, Lina Gubhaju, Carsten Sticht, Daniel Schock-Kusch, Wilhelm Kriz, John F Bertram, Lothar R Schad, Norbert Gretz

Author Affiliations

1: Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.

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