Quantitative analysis of the toxicity of human amniotic fluid to cultured rat spinal cord

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 190-193

  Drewek, Michael J ^a   Bruner, Joseph P ^a   Whetsell, William O ^a   Tulipan, Noel ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Lactate dehydrogenase; Myelomeningocele; Organotypic culture

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031448120     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121250     Document Type: Article

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