Frequency and type of malformations in the offspring of C57BL/6 male mice treated with ethylnitrosourea

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Nagao, Tetsuji ^a   Fujikawaz, Kazuo ^b  

^a HATANO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C57BL 6 male mice; Ethylnitrosourea; Microphthalmia; Spontaneous malformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 12644279482     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1996.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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