Normal and abnormal neurulation in humans: Implications for the pathogenesis of neural tube defects

Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-418

  Shiota, Kohei ^a   Nakatsu, Tomoko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human embryos; Multisite closure model; Neural tube closure; Neural tube defects; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSRAPHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031650083     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1998.tb00141.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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