Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 8-16 , January 2003

Pathologic evidence of microvascular rarefaction in the brain of renal hypertensive rats

  • Keiji Suzuki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Histopathology, Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University School of Health Sciences, Gunma, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuhide Masawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
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  • Noriyuki Sakata, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Pathology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Masamitu Takatama, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatrics Research Institute, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Received 13 August 2002 ,Revised 10 October 2002 ,Accepted 14 October 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to: Keiji Suzuki, MD, Division of Histopathology, Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University School of Health Sciences, 3-39-15 Showamach, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8514, Japan.

PII: S1052-3057(02)45901-0

doi: 10.1053/jscd.2003.1

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 8-16 , January 2003

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