Maternal hyperthermia and the formation of cataracts in the lens of the embryonic and fetal guinea pig

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-19

  Smith, Murray ^a   Marshall, Edwards ^a,b   Waugh, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lens cataract; Lens fibre vacuolation; Maternal hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748414289     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1996.tb00316.x     Document Type: Article

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