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Anomalous (preduodenal) portal vein: autosomal recessive mutation in AKR/J mice.
Comparative medicine - 1 Feb 2001
Nakajima H, Li L, Nomura T
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Anomalous (preduodenal) portal vein was found in AKR/J mice. It is a rare congenital malformation in humans, and to the authors' knowledge, has never been reported in laboratory animals. Morphology, clinical signs of disease, and heritability of this anomaly were examined. METHODS: Fifty-three strains of inbred mice (6,026 mice) in our mouse colony were examined for preduodenal portal vein...
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