Intrauterine fetal constraint induces chondrocyte apoptosis and premature ossification of the cranial base

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1363-1369

  Smartt Jr , James M ^b   Karmacharya, Jagajan ^b   Gannon, Francis H ^b   Teixeira, Cristina ^b   Mansfield, Kyle ^b   Hunenko, Oksana ^b   Shapiro, Irving M ^b   Kirschner, Richard E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CERCLAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FETUS; GROWTH PLATE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL SUTURE; SPHENOOCCIPITAL SYNCHONDROSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHONDROCYTES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEAD; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SKULL;

EID: 26844531992     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000182224.98761.cf     Document Type: Article

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