The embryology of persistent cloaca and urogenital sinus malformations

Cloacal malformations are characterized by the confluence of the lower urinary tract, the female reproductive tract, and the rectum to create a common channel with a single opening on the perineum. The presence of a cloaca is a normal phase of early human embryological development. Between the 4th a...

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Main Author: David F M Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Andrology
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Online Access:http://www.ajandrology.com/article.asp?issn=1008-682X;year=2020;volume=22;issue=2;spage=124;epage=128;aulast=Thomas