Mesonephros
"Mesonephros" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of a pair of excretory organs (mesonephroi) which grows caudally to the first pair (PRONEPHROI) during development. Mesonephroi are the permanent kidneys in adult amphibians and fish. In higher vertebrates, proneprhoi and most of mesonephroi degenerate with the appearance of metanephroi. The remaining ducts become WOLFFIAN DUCTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008650
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.599
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| Concept/Terms |
Mesonephros- Mesonephros
- Mesonephroi
- Wolffian Body
- Body, Wolffian
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesonephros" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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McFarland M, Quick CM, McCluggage WG. Hormone receptor-negative, thyroid transcription factor 1-positive uterine and ovarian adenocarcinomas: report of a series of mesonephric-like adenocarcinomas. Histopathology. 2016 Jun; 68(7):1013-20.