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Organ Size

Known as: Size, Organ 
The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness.
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2008
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2008
The biology of organ size determination
The mechanisms that control the size of cells, organs, and organisms have long interested biologists, and are also important in… 
2008
2008
Postmortem fetal organ volumetry using magnetic resonance imaging and comparison to organ weights at conventional autopsy
Following perinatal death, organ weights at autopsy may provide evidence of growth restriction and pulmonary hypoplasia. Whilst… 
2008
2008
Effects of body-size and season on digestive organ size and the energy balance of cockles fed with a constant diet of phytoplankton
Seasonal variation in size-dependence of seawater clearance rate, absorption efficiency, oxygen consumption, gill area, length of… 
2006
2006
Lymphoid organ size varies among inbred lines 6(3) and 7(2) and their thirteen recombinant congenic strains of chickens with the same major histocompatibility complex.
The objective was to evaluate lymphoid organ size in chickens from a series of 13 recombinant congenic strains (RCS) and their… 
2006
2006
Postprandial responses in the African rhombig egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra).
2003
2003
Cancer: A twist in a hedgehog's tale
The genetics of development can often explain the genesis of cancer. This now seems to be true for cancers of the gut, but the… 
1999
1999
Gross and microscopic visceral anatomy of the male Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus (Pinnipedia: Otariidae), with reference to organ size and growth
The gross and microscopic anatomy of the Cape fur seal heart, lung, liver, spleen, stomach, intestine and kidneys (n = 31 seals… 
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
The Soluble Type 2 Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-II) Receptor Reduces Organ Size by IGF-II-mediated and IGF-II-independent Mechanisms*
The soluble type 2 insulin-like growth factor (IGF) receptor or IGF-II/mannose 6-phosphate receptor (sIGF2R) is produced in vivo… 
1998
1998
Local reduction of organ size in transgenic mice expressing a soluble insulin-like growth factor II/mannose-6-phosphate receptor.
Genetic evidence suggests that the insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II)/mannose-6-phosphate receptor (IGF2R) slows growth. A… 
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1972
Highly Cited
1972
Relation of Poverty and Race to Birth Weight and Organ and Cell Structure in the Newborn
Extract: Based on studies of birth weights, there has long been speculation that poverty, inadequate maternal nutrition, and race… 
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