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Inherited liver shunts in dogs elucidate pathways regulating embryonic development and clinical disorders of the portal vein.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Feb 2012
van Steenbeek Frank G, van den Bossche Lindsay, Leegwater Peter A J, Rothuizen Jan
Abstract excerpt
Congenital disorders of the hepatic portal vasculature are rare in man but occur frequently in certain dog breeds. In dogs, there are two main subtypes: intrahepatic portosystemic shunts, which are considered to stem from defective closure of the embryonic ductus venosus, and extrahepatic shunts,...
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