Ethanol effects on postimplantation rat embryos: Influence of zinc and methionine

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Seyoum, Girma ^a   Persaud, T V N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryopathy; Ethanol; Ethanol toxicity; Influence on ethanol induced embryopathy; Methionine; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; METHIONINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYOPATHY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030848417     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-2993(97)80028-0     Document Type: Article

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