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Spontaneous neural tube defects in splotch mice supplemented with selected micronutrients.
Toxicology and applied pharmacology - 15 May 2006
Wlodarczyk Bogdan J, Tang Louisa S, Triplett Aleata, Aleman Frank, Finnell Richard H
Abstract excerpt
Splotch (Sp/Sp) mice homozygous for a mutation in the Pax3 gene inevitably present with neural tube defects (NTDs), along with other associated congenital anomalies. The affected mutant embryos usually die by gestation days (E) 12-13. In the present study, the effect of modifier genes from a new genetic background (CXL-Sp) and periconceptional supplementation with selected micronutrients (folic acid,...
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