Cranio-facial dysmorphism: experimental study in the mouse, clinical applications

Summary To obtain a better understanding of mandibulo-facial dysostosis and hemicraniofacial microsomia in man, the authors carried out a histologic and scanning electron microscope study of the facial malformations produced in mouse embryos by retinoic acid and methyl-triazene. The administration of 400 mg/kg 13 cis-retinoic acid (RA) to pregnant C57BL mice on day 9 of gestation produced anomalies of the cephalic extremity in the embryos resembling human mandibulo-facial dysostosis. The 64 embryos collected presented hypoplasia of the branchial arches or the snout in 79% of cases, auricular anomalies in 47% and ophthalmic anomalies in 12.5%. Fourteen NMRI mice on day 10.5 of gestation were treated with 1.5 mg (0.5 mg/kg) methyl-triazene (Methyl). The 126 embryos collected had developed a very high percentage of micromandibles and anomalies of both embryonic ears (94.6% to 100%). Finally, although the facial anomalies produced by retinoic acid resemble the human mandibulo-facial dysostosis syndrome, no correlation was found between hemicraniofacial microsomia and the administration of methyltriazene..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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Surgical and radiologic anatomy / Englische Ausgabe - 21(1999), 1 vom: Jan., Seite 41-47

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Englisch

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Glineur, R. [VerfasserIn]
Louryan, S. [VerfasserIn]
Lemaître, A. [VerfasserIn]
Evrard, L. [VerfasserIn]
Rooze, M. [VerfasserIn]
De Vos, L. [VerfasserIn]

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© Springer-Verlag 1999

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10.1007/BF01635051

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OLC2044470365