Vitamin A Deficiency Induces Congenital Spinal Deformities in Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Li, Zheng ^a   Shen, Jianxiong ^a   Wu, William Ka Kei ^b   Wang, Xiaojuan ^b   Liang, Jinqian ^a   Qiu, Guixing ^a   Liu, Jiaming ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RAR ALPHA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RAR BETA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RAR GAMMA; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE 1; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE 2; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE 3; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; INCIDENCE; LEG MALFORMATION; LIVER LEVEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX MALFORMATION; VERTEBRA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

EID: 84867148832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046565     Document Type: Article

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