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Nuchal edema and venous-lymphatic phenotype disturbance in human fetuses and mouse embryos with aneuploidy.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation - 1 Apr 2006
Bekker Mireille N, van den Akker Nynke M S, Bartelings Margot M, Arkesteijn Jenny B, Fischer Sigrid G L, Polman Japke A E, Haak Monique C, Webb Sandra, Poelmann Robert E, van Vugt John M G, Gittenberger-de Groot Adriana C
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OBJECTIVE: Nuchal edema (NE) is a clinical indicator for aneuploidy, cardiovascular anomalies, and several genetic syndromes. Its etiology, however, is unknown. In the nuchal area, the endothelium of the jugular lymphatic sacs (JLS) develops by budding from the blood vascular endothelium of the c...
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