## Abstract Early in the history of the thalidomide disaster, chick embryos were βeliminatedβ as useful in the study of thalidomide. One reason for that conclusion was that many of the early experiments were flawed. We employed a number of experiments to expose chick embryos to thalidomide. Our dat
The teratogenic effect of thalidomide in experiments on chick embryos
β Scribed by P. N. Aleksandrov; V. A. Bogdanova; A. M. Chernukh
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-4888
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