Low thyroid hormone levels impair the perinatal development of the rat retina

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 181-191

  Sevilla Romero, Enrique ^a   Muñoz, Alberto ^c   Pinazo Durán, M Dolores ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Morphometry; Neuroblasts; Retina; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MITOSIS; NEUROBLAST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EYE; FEMALE; FETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOTIC INDEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0036386879     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063885     Document Type: Article

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