Effect of beryllium on δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and porphobilinogen deaminase in pregnant mice

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 214-216

  Sakaguchi, Sanae ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Takehiro ^b   Nakamura, Iwao ^b   Aminaka, Masahito ^b   Tanaka, Toshiaki ^b   Kudo, Yoshiro ^b  

^a Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG TOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029794990     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1996.tb02091.x     Document Type: Article

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