Embryology of the Neural Crest: Its Inductive Role in the Neurocutaneous Syndromes

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Neural crest cells are first recognized at the lateral margin of the neural placode shortly after gastrulation, although they are not committed to their diverse fates until later. After dorsal closure of the neural tube, neural crest cells separate and migrate throughout the embryo to form many structures of ectodermal origin (eg, dorsal root and autonomic ganglia, peripheral nerve sheaths) and mesodermal origin...

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