Apparent lability of neural tube closure in laboratory animals and humans

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-162

  Desesso, John M ^a   Scialli, Anthony R ^b   Holson, Joseph F ^c  

^a NOBLIS   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WIL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Developmental toxicology; Neural tube defect; Neurulation; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032707198     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991119)87:2<143::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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