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Cardio-cephalic neural crest syndrome: A novel hypothesis of vascular neurocristopathy.
Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences - 1 Dec 2017
Komiyama M
Abstract excerpt
A novel hypothesis proposes that "cardio-cephalic neural crest (NC) syndrome," i.e. cephalic NC including cardiac NC, contributes to the concurrent occurrence of vascular diseases in the cardio- and cerebrovascular regions. NC is a transient structure present in early embryogenesis. Cephalic NC provides mesenchymal cells to the vascular media in these regions. Concurrent cardio- and cerebrovascular lesions have...
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