Preferred Label : rats, nude;
MeSH definition : A mutant strain of Rattus norvegicus without a thymus and with depressed or absent
T-cell function. This strain of rats may have a small amount of hair at times, but
then lose it.;
MeSH synonym : athymic rats; nude rats; rats, athymic; nude rat; rat, nude; athymic rat; rat, athymic;
MeSH annotation : NIM when exper animal: no qualif; when IM, qualif permitted; do not forget also to
check tag RATS;
Origin ID : D011923;
UMLS CUI : C0034713;
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A mutant strain of Rattus norvegicus without a thymus and with depressed or absent
T-cell function. This strain of rats may have a small amount of hair at times, but
then lose it.