Validation of the ovine fetus as an experimental model for the human myelomeningocele defect

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-173

  Pedreira, Denise Araújo Lapa ^a,d   E Oliveira, Rita De Cássia Sanchez ^b   Valente, Paulo Roberto ^c   Abou Jamra, Rogério C ^b   Araújo, Andrezza ^c   Saldiva, Paulo Hilário ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetus; Meningomyelocele; Models animal; Sheep; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HERNIA; BREED; CELL FUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DURA MATER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYSTEROTOMY; INCISION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PIA MATER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SPINE MALFORMATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TAIL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRA;

EID: 34250187429     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502007000300003     Document Type: Article

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