Is Hyperthermia Teratogenic in the Human?

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 185-189

  Little, Bertis B ^a   Ghali, Fred E ^a   Snell, Laura M ^a   Knoll, Kraig A ^a   Johnston, Walter ^a   Gilstrap, Larry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0025868594     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999373     Document Type: Article

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