Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 27 October 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3800, pp. 502 - 504
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3800.502
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Slow Virus Kidney Disease of Mice

Frederick D. Baker 1 and John Hotchin 1

1 Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201

Preliminary observations based on organ weight differential, renal function, and glomerular lesions in mice infected neonatally with lymphocytic choriomeningitis indicate the presence of a slow virus-induced kidney disease of mice. This condition is accompanied by a marked decrease in the size of the kidneys, with progressive diminution of renal function, as shown by measurements of creatinine and urea clearance.

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)