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Original Study
Abstract
This work was undertaken to study the effects of malnutrition during pregnancy on the postnatal development of the kidney in white rat offspring. The female rats used in this investigation were housed with the males and vaginal smear was done daily. The pregnant ones were divided into two groups kept on two dietary regimens ;the first were fed on milk, water and bread, while the second on water, sugar and starch from the first day of conception till delivary. Fifteen offsprings from the first group (normal diet) and Fifteen from the second group (carbohydrate diet) were scarified at 1day, 2 weeks and one month. 199 The animals were weighed, the kidneys were gently dissected out from the abdominal cavity and dropped into the fixative then weighed and the kidneys to body weight ratio was calculated, tabulated statistically and analysed. Paraffin sections of 5-^m thickness were prepared from the kidneys of all animals. Different histofogi-cal stains were used and the kidneys were examined microscopicallyCompared to the control animals, both the body weight and kidney weight in the malnourished animals showed a significant reduction
Recommended Citation
lbrahim, Ahmed; El-Gizawi, Mostafa; Abou-Elnaga, Mostafa; and Abou-Galala, Fawzy
(2008)
"POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIDNEY IN NORMAL AND MALNOURISHED PREGNANT ALBINO RATs,"
Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 37
:
Iss.
1
, Article 13.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.2008.129194
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