Protective effects of prenatal administration of folic acid on retinoic acid-induced cellular damages of Meckel's cartilage in rats

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Firat, Deniz ^a   Kuntsal, Leyla ^a   Sirin, Yigit ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Meckel's cartilage; Rat; Retinoic acid; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEIGHT; MAXILLOFACIAL DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MANDIBLE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRETINOIN;

EID: 13844319695     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.27     Document Type: Article

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