Aminiotic fluid and intrauterine growth restriction in a gastroschisis fetal rat model

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 494-497

  Franchi Teixeira, Antonio Roberto ^a   Barreto, Maria Weber Guimarães ^a   Nogueira, Barbara ^a   Bittencourt, Daniel ^a   Violin, Luis ^a   Sbragia, Lourenço ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Gastroschisis; Intrauterine growth restriction

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROSA;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTESTINES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS;

EID: 27644465235     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088037     Document Type: Article

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