Effects of early embryonal exposure to dexamethasone on malformations of neural-crest derivatives induced by nitrofen in rats

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 606-610

  Yu, Jiakang ^a   Gonzalez, Salome ^a   Diez Pardo, Juan A ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Heart; Neural crest; Nitrofen; Parathyroid; Rat; Thymus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NITROFEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART HYPOPLASIA; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPLASIA; INCIDENCE; LUNG MALFORMATION; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; NEURAL CREST; PHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 12244263555     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0866-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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