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Mechanism of pancreatic and liver malformations in human fetuses with short-rib polydactyly syndrome.

Christine K C LooTamara N PereiraMette RamsingIda VogelOlav B PetersenGrant A Ramm
Published in: Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology (2016)
In SRP, there are differentiation defects of hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, and liver mesenchyme and, in rare cases, pancreatic mesenchymal anomalies. The morphological changes were subtle in early gestation but immunophenotypic abnormalities were present. Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions may contribute to the malformations. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 106:549-562, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keyphrases
  • gestational age
  • bone marrow
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