 Cloaca
"Cloaca" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A dilated cavity extended caudally from the hindgut. In adult birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes but few mammals, cloaca is a common chamber into which the digestive, urinary and reproductive tracts discharge their contents. In most mammals, cloaca gives rise to LARGE INTESTINE; URINARY BLADDER; and GENITALIA.
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D002988
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.223 A16.178
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cloaca" by people in Profiles.
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Adam AP, Curry CJ, Hall JG, Keppler-Noreuil KM, Adam MP, Dobyns WB. Recurrent constellations of embryonic malformations re-conceptualized as an overlapping group of disorders with shared pathogenesis. Am J Med Genet A. 2020 11; 182(11):2646-2661.
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Pradhan S, Vilanova-Sanchez A, McCracken KA, Reck CA, Halleran DR, Wood RJ, Levitt M, Hewitt GD. The Mullerian Black Box: Predicting and defining Mullerian anatomy in patients with cloacal abnormalities and the need for longitudinal assessment. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Nov; 53(11):2164-2169.
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Baranowska Körberg I, Hofmeister W, Markljung E, Cao J, Nilsson D, Ludwig M, Draaken M, Holmdahl G, Barker G, Reutter H, Vukojevic V, Clementson Kockum C, Lundin J, Lindstrand A, Nordenskjöld A. WNT3 involvement in human bladder exstrophy and cloaca development in zebrafish. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Sep 15; 24(18):5069-78.
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Ferro PJ, Khan O, Vuong C, Reddy SM, LaCoste L, Rollins D, Lupiani B. Avian influenza virus investigation in wild bobwhite quail from Texas. Avian Dis. 2012 Dec; 56(4 Suppl):858-60.
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Khan OA, Shuaib MA, Rhman SS, Ismail MM, Hammad YA, Baky MH, Fusaro A, Salviato A, Cattoli G. Isolation and identification of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus from Houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii) and contact falcons. Avian Pathol. 2009 Feb; 38(1):35-9.
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Levitt MA, Mak GZ, Falcone RA, Peña A. Cloacal exstrophy--pull-through or permanent stoma? A review of 53 patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Jan; 43(1):164-8; discussion 168-70.
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Geiger JD, Coran AG. The association of large ovarian cysts with cloacal exstrophy. J Pediatr Surg. 1998 May; 33(5):719-21.
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