Fetal spina bifida in a mouse model: Loss of neural function in utero

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 213-221

  Stiefel, Dorothea ^a,b   Copp, Andrew J ^b   Meuli, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Mouse; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube; Neurological deficit; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 34248593138     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.3.213     Document Type: Article

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