Toxicological pathology in the rat placenta

Journal of Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-111

  Furukawa, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Seigo ^a   Usuda, Koji ^a   Abe, Masayoshi ^a   Hagio, Soichiro ^a   Ogawa, Izumi ^a  

^a NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Placental hypertrophy; Placental pathology; Rat; Small placenta

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; ADRENOMEDULLIN; AZACITIDINE; AZATHIOPRINE; BENOMYL; BESTATIN; BUSULFAN; CADMIUM; CARBENOXOLONE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CISPLATIN; COCAINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INDOMETACIN; KETOCONAZOLE; LEAD ACETATE; MERCAPTOPURINE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLHYDRAZINE; PARATHION METHYL; STREPTOZOCIN; TAMOXIFEN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CHORIOALLANTOIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPLASIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETHALITY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA TOXICITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TERATOGENICITY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TROPHOBLAST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79960437945     PISSN: 09149198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1293/tox.24.95     Document Type: Review

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