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A rare adult case of asymptomatic double aortic arch accompanied by the right vertebral artery directly originating from the aortic arch
A double aortic arch (DAA) is a rare congenital vascular anomaly. No case of DAA with a direct aortic origin of the right vertebral artery (VA) has been reported in adults. Here, we report a rare case of an as...
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Rare anastomosis between the bilateral internal carotid arteries via the recurrent arteries branching from the first segment of the ophthalmic artery
Although anastomoses between the arterial branches arising from the internal carotid artery (ICA) can develop as collateral pathways between the bilateral ICAs in cases of dysgenesis of the ICA, anastomosis of...
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Stromal cells of hemangioblastomas exhibit mesenchymal stem cell-derived vascular progenitor cell properties
Hemangioblastoma is composed of neoplastic stromal cells and a prominent capillary network. To date, the identity of stromal cells remains unclear. Mesenchymal stem cells can give rise to committed vascular pr...
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Usefulness of four-dimensional computed tomographic angiography in a vertebral artery dissection case
Discrimination of intramural hematoma from intra-aneurysmal blood flow is a critical issue for determining the necessity of treatment in vertebral artery dissection (VAD) cases. We describe modified four-dimen...
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Regulated expression of neurogenic basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors during differentiation of the immortalized neuronal progenitor cell line HC2S2 into neurons
Expression of nine neurogenic basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors was examined in an immortalized neuronal progenitor cell line HC2S2, which differentiates into neurons after suppression of the v-
