Birth Defect Amelioration and Placental Cytokine Expression in Mnu-Exposed Dams Treated With Ifn-Gamma

Each year, 7.9 million babies are born with birth defects. Seventy percent of those could be prevented, ameliorated, or repaired; yet 3.2 million children still die by the age of three (March of Dimes Global Report 2006). We have found that non-specific maternal immune stimulation with the cytokin...

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Main Author: Laudermilch, Chelsea Lee
Other Authors: Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31046
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262007-141024/