Developmental toxicity of thyroid-active compounds in a zebrafish embryotoxicity test

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Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-317

  Jomaa, Barae ^a   Hermsen, Sanne A B ^b   Kessels, Maurijn Y ^a   Van Den Berg, Johannes H J ^a   Peijnenburg, Ad A C M ^a   Aarts, Jac M M J G ^a   Piersma, Aldert H ^b   Rietjens, Ivonne M C M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; In vitro alternatives; Morphological scoring; Thyroid; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SODIUM PERCHLORATE; THIAMAZOLE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; DANGEROUS GOODS; PERCHLORATE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL SCORE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TERATOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; YOLK SAC; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TIME; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

AMIODARONE; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; METHIMAZOLE; PERCHLORATES; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84904903579     PISSN: 1868596X     EISSN: 18688551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14573/altex.1402011     Document Type: Article

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