Teratogenic effects of gabapentin on the skeletal system of Balb/C mice fetuses

Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Afshar, Mohammad ^a   Hassanzadeh Taheri, Mohammad M ^a   Moallem, Seyed Adel ^b   Tamizi, Azadeh ^a   Golalipour, Mohammad J ^c  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RESORPTION; FETUS WEIGHT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MANDIBLE HYPOPLASIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCOLIOSIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SKULL MALFORMATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; STAINING; TERATOGENESIS;

EID: 68149131480     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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