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The Mesenteric Lymph Duct Cannulated Rat Model: Application to the Assessment of Intestinal Lymphatic Drug Transport
Published on: March 6, 2015
[The nodular mesenteric pseudoxanthomatosis (Schaefer) (author's transl)]
Abstract:
A casus of so-called nodular mesenteric pseudoxanthomatosis (Schaefer) was investigated by a 73 years old woman. This special findings in the mesenteric lymphnodes were interpreted as changes after inflammatory or infectious diseases in the alimentary tract. For the exact designation was proposed the term lymphonodular mesenteric pseudoxanthomatosis.
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