Gastrulating chick embryo as a model for evaluating teratogenicity: A comparison of three approaches

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-71

  Drake, Victoria J ^a   Koprowski, Stacy L ^b   Lough, John W ^b   Smith, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Methods assessment; Morphological score; Teratogen delivery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TERATOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GASTRULA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TERATOGENS; TERATOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 32444440237     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20202     Document Type: Article

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