Arnold-Chiari in a fetal rat model of dysraphism

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 437-441

  Barreto, Maria Weber Guimarães ^a   Ferro, Marcelo M ^a   Bittencourt, Daniel Guimarães ^a   Pereira, Luis A Violin ^a   Barini, Ricardo ^a   Sbragia, Lourenço ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Fetal rat model; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSRAPHISM; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 23944518263     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086827     Document Type: Article

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