Homocysteine Interference in Neurulation: A Chick Embryo Model

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 421-428

  Afman, L A ^a,b   Blom, H J ^a   Van Der Put, N M J ^a   Van Straaten, H W M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior neuropore; Chick embryo; Homocysteine; Neural tube closure

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN VITRO STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMITE; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HOMOCYSTEINE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TERATOGENS;

EID: 1242314674     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10040     Document Type: Article

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