A dysmorphology score system for assessing embryo abnormalities in rat whole embryo culture

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Zhang, Cindy X ^a   Danberry, Tracy ^b   Jacobs, Mary Ann ^b   Augustine Rauch, Karen ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b Huntingdon Life Sciences New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysmorphology; Morphological assessments; Mouse; Rat; Rodent; Score system; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DYSMORPHOLOGY SCORE SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO GROWTH; FACE DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TERATOLOGY; YOLK SAC;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TERATOGENS; XENOBIOTICS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650200526     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20262     Document Type: Article

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