Histological evaluation of acute covering of an experimental neural tube defect with biomatrices in fetal sheep

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Eggink, A J ^a   Roelofs, L A J ^a   Lammens, M M Y ^a   Feitz, W F J ^a   Wijnen, R M H ^a   Mullaart, R A ^a   Van Moerkerk, H T B ^a   Van Kuppevelt, T H ^a   Crevels, A J ^a   Hanssen, A ^a   Lotgering, F K ^a   Van Den Berg, P P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomatrix; Collagen; Fetal surgery; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida aperta

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; LAMB; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SPINAL CORD LESION; SUBMUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SKIN;

EID: 33344466840     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089305     Document Type: Article

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