Blood cell changes in spontaneously hypertensive rats are not all associated with the hypertensive phenotype.

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Blood cell changes in spontaneously hypertensive rats are not all associated with the hypertensive phenotype.

Journal of hypertension - 1 Apr 1994

Reed J P, Hendley E D

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OBJECTIVE: To search for cosegregation of a change in specific blood cells with either the hypertension or the hyperactivity phenotype in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and two new inbred strains. DESIGN AND METHODS: Standard hematological procedures were used to e...

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Animals
Blood Cell Count
Blood Cells
Blood Platelets
Erythrocytes
Female
Hemoglobins
Hypertension
Leukocytes
Male
Motor Activity
Phenotype
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Sex Characteristics

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