Abstract: Background: The teratogenic stereological effects on the fetal kidney development after exposing to differing doses of phenytoin remain poorly elucidated. This study, therefore, set to evaluate the intrauterine stereological teratogenic effects of varied doses of phenytoin on fetal kidneys in albino rats when prescribed at different gestational period in albino rats as the experimental model.
Materials and methods: In conducting this study, a post-test only control experimental study design was used. A resource equation for One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to determine the sample size and therefore a sample size of thirty Albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) weights ranging from 150-250 mg were used in this study. These 30 albino rat were hence.......
KeyWords: stereological, teratogenic, albino rats, phenytoin
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