Diastematomyelia and spina bifida can be caused by the intraspinal grafting of somites in early avian embryos

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1215-1223

  Klessinger, Stephan ^a   Christ, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian embryo; Diastematomyelia; Gastrulation; Grafting; Somite; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; DYSRAPHISM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SOMITE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; COTURNIX; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMITES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0029907714     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199612000-00027     Document Type: Article

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