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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
The development of the germinal and somatic cells in the gonads of normal and anencephalic fetuses was investigated. Interstitial cells were reduced in number in both sexes and in males the population of gonocytes in profiles of seminiferous tubules was reduced when Leydig cells were seeminaly absent. Ovarian differentiation up to about 34 weeks after conception was apparently normal, although precise counts of the numbers of germ cells were not carried out. Nevertheless, oogonia increased in number by mitotic divisions, oocytes progressed through meiotic prophase to the diplotene stage, and primordial follicles formed normally. By contrast, 'growing' and small antral follicles, which are a constant feature of control ovaries, were not observed in the anencephalic specimens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-4251
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of the gonad in normal and anencephalic human fetuses.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't