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Twenty years ago this year was the first publication describing a region of neural crest cells necessary for normal cardiovascular development. Ablation of this region in chick resulted in persistent truncus arteriosus, mispatterning of the great vessels, outflow malalignments, and hypoplasia or aplasia of the pharyngeal glands.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. mhutson@duke.edu
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