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Meconium ileus in the CFTR-/- newborn piglet.
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posted on 2015-11-23, 16:48 authored by Antoine Guillon, Claire Chevaleyre, Celine Barc, Mustapha Berri, Hans Adriaensen, François Lecompte, Thierry Villemagne, Jérémy Pezant, Rémi Delaunay, Joseph Moënne-Loccoz, Patricia Berthon, Andrea Bähr, Eckhard Wolf, Nikolai Klymiuk, Sylvie Attucci, Reuben Ramphal, Pierre Sarradin, Dominique Buzoni-Gatel, Mustapha Si-Tahar, Ignacio CaballeroA) CT scan images of WT and CFTR-/- abdomen. The presence of MI is observed in CFTR-/- as a homogenous dense material filling the intestinal loops of the piglets. B) Macroscopic image of WT and CFTR-/- intestines. The presence of MI and microcolon can be observed in the CFTR-/- piglet.
