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Transplacental Carcinogenesis, Mouse, Rat, Hamster

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Genital System

Part of the book series: Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals ((LABORATORY))

Abstract

In spite of the statement made in older textbooks that the placenta forms a protective barrier for the embryo and fetus, today we can state with certainty that most chemicals, many vi- mses, and even some blood cells, are transferred through the placenta and may cause disease in the offspring. Cancer can also be induced by compounds transferred across the placenta during the prenatal period.

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  1. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, 01772, Southborough, MA, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) & Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) &  (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 3000, Hannover 61, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

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Mohr, U., Emura, M., Michaela, Riebe, M., Ernst, H. (1987). Transplacental Carcinogenesis, Mouse, Rat, Hamster. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Genital System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72550-0_24

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