Validation of the ovine fetus as an experimental model for the human myelomeningocele defect Validação do feto de ovino como modelo experimental de meningomielocele

Validation of the ovine fetus as an experimental model for the human myelomeningocele defect Validação do feto de ovino como modelo experimental de meningomielocele

PURPOSE: To produce a myelomeningocele-like human defect in the ovine fetus and validate this experimental model in our population. METHODS: A prospective study on 12 pregnant sheep of a crossed Hampshire/Down breed where a spinal defect was surgically created between Day 75 and Day 77 after concept...

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Main Authors: Denise Araújo Lapa Pedreira, Rita de Cássia Sanchez e Oliveira, Paulo Roberto Valente, Rogério C. Abou-Jamra, Andrezza Araújo, Paulo Hilário Saldiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2007-06-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
Subjects:
Modelos animais
Meningomielocele
Disrafismo espinhal
Feto
Ovinos
Models animal
Meningomyelocele
Spinal dysraphism
Fetus
Sheep
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