Effects of the antiepileptic drug valproic acid on the development of the axolotl (ambystoma mexicanum): Histological investigations

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-167

  Krätke, Renate ^a   Kirschbaum, Frank ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Inst Gewasserokol/Binnenfischerei   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Embryotoxicity; Extracellular matrix; In vitro test; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MICROSCOPY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENESIS;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIUM; LIVER; TERATOGENS; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0030452630     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(1996)16:3<149::AID-TCM2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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