The dysraphic levels of skin and vertebrae are different in mouse fetuses and neonates with myelomeningocele

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-690

  Stiefel, Dorothea ^a,b   Meuli, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysraphism; Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele; Neural tube defect; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TAIL;

EID: 41549105727     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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