THE COMPARISON OF THE BODY AND RENAL WEIGHT IN LITHIUM CARBONATE AND L-ARGININE TREATED ALBINO RATS

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Ghulam Mujtaba Kolachi, Bashir Ahmed Shaikh, Iram Quddos

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Objective: To make comparison of the weight in grams (mean body weight, absolute renal weight and relative renal weight) of the albino rats after treatment with Lithium carbonate and L-Arginine.

Design: A prospective experimental study.

Place: Department of Anatomy, Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre Karachi

Duration: July 2007 to November 2007

Methodology: Forty five adult albino rats of either sex were taken and divided into three groups as A, B and C which were further subdivided into three subgroups according to the period of treatment they received i.e. two, four and six weeks respectively. Animals were weighed before the commencement of study. Group

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