Publications by authors named "Conrad W Reifel"
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- The study investigates the unknown causes of sirenomelia by comparing the anatomical defects in two cases of sirenomelia and Potter's sequence, a rare fetal disorder.
- Using advanced imaging technologies and genetic analysis, researchers found both fetuses were male and exhibited overlapping, yet distinct, defects, particularly in the ears, brain, urogenital system, limbs, pelvis, and vertebral column.
- The findings suggest that abnormalities in the axial mesoderm are likely responsible for the observed conditions, with one fetus showing defects similar to severe pelvic outlet syndrome and the other to axial mesodermal dysplasia syndrome.
The morphology and carbohydrate histochemistry of ten teleostean intestines are compared. Although there is an absence of regional differentiation seen in higher vertebrates, specializations in some species occur in the form of intestinal swellings, pyloric ceca and recta, the latter separated by a valve. The intestinal lumen is lined by a simple columnar epithelium interspersed with goblet cells; multicellular intestinal glands are absent.
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