Mid-gestation exposure of C57BL/6 mice to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin causes postnatal morphologic changes in the spleen and liver

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 705-713

  Weinstein, Danielle A ^a   Gogal Jr , Robert M ^a   Mustafa, Amjad ^a   Prater, M Renee ^a,b   Holladay, Steven D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestation; Liver; Spleen; TCDD; Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Thymus

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIVER; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TERATOGENS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

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EID: 49749107606     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623308320276     Document Type: Article

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