Lens formation in the absence of optic cup in rat embryos irradiated with soft X-ray

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Inagaki, Satoru ^a   Kotani, Tadao ^b  

^a BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ocular malformation; Optic system; Organogenesis; OsO4

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DISEASE; HYPOPLASIA; INVAGINATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; RETINA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM; X IRRADIATION; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0038320738     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2003.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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