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Genetic dissection of hyperthermia-induced neural tube defects in mice.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Jun 2003
Lundberg Yunxia Wang, Wing Michael J, Xiong Wanfen, Zhao Jian, Finnell Richard H
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BACKGROUND: Maternal hyperthermia has been shown to induce neural tube defects (NTD) in humans and in experimental animal systems. We report the first genetic dissection of maternal hyperthermia-induced NTD in mice. METHODS: After maternal exposure on E8.5 to 43 degrees C water bath for 10 min, we observed exencephaly frequencies among E15.5-17.5 fetuses from the following crosses and backcrosses,...
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