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Abnormal Organogenesis in the Urinary Tract

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The following presentation, unless otherwise indicated, is concerned with normal and abnormal development in the Long-Evans rat fetus and gestational ages are based on the day of finding sperm in the vagina being designated day “zero.” Such times, of course, show some variation not only between different strains but within the same strain and even within the same litter.

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Monie, I.W. (1977). Abnormal Organogenesis in the Urinary Tract. In: Wilson, J.G., Fraser, F.C. (eds) Handbook of Teratology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8933-4_15

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