Chlorambucil-induced postclosure exencephaly and axial skeletal abnormalities in rat fetuses

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-201

  Padmanabhan, R ^a   Samad, P A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Histologic study; Neural tube defects; Pathogenetic mechanisms; Post closure exencephaly; Rat embryos

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033136429     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(99)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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