In vivo quantification of embryonic and placental growth during gestation in mice using micro-ultrasound

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mu, Junwu ^a   Slevin, John C ^b   Qu, Dawei ^a   McCormick, Sarah ^c   Adamson, S Lee ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AGE; ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 51249118741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-6-34     Document Type: Article

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