Development of the murine pulmonary vein and its relationship to the embryonic venous sinus

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BACKGROUND: Arguments concerning the development of the pulmonary vein, and its relationship to the embryonic venous sinus (sinus venosus) have continued for well over a century. Recently, attention has again been focused on the origin of the pulmonary vein. It has been suggested that, whereas the pulmonary vein originates from the left atrium in humans, in all other vertebrates it originates from the venous...

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