Histology atlas of the developing mouse hepatobiliary system with emphasis on embryonic days 9.5-18.5

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 872-906

  Wilding Crawford, Laura ^a   Foley, Julie F ^a   Elmore, Susan A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

atlas; development; embryo; hematopoiesis; liver; mouse; phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; LETHALITY; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATLASES AS TOPIC; BILIARY TRACT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MICE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 78649918259     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623310374329     Document Type: Article

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