Relationship between fetal weight, placental growth and litter size in mice from mid- to late-gestation

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-270

  Ishikawa, Hitoshi ^a,b   Seki, Ryota ^a   Yokonishi, Satoru ^a   Yamauchi, Toru ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Growth; Labyrinth; Late gestation; Litter size; Mid gestation; Placenta; Spongiotrophoblast; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644558375     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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