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Hydrocephalus in the Otx2+/- mutant mouse.
Experimental neurology - 1 Nov 1997
Makiyama Y, Shoji S, Mizusawa H
Abstract excerpt
Mice with the Otx2+/- mutation often die during the postneonatal period. Before death these animals, generated from TT2 ES cells and crossed with CBA mice, develop a dome-shaped head, weakness of the limbs, kyphosis, lethargy, drowsiness, and emaciation. Autopsy of these mice revealed eminent dilatation of lateral ventricles and a ballooned cerebrum. Histological analysis shows edematous change of the...
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