liver/biliary system
• fetal liver cellularity was reduced by approximately 50% at E12.5
• fetal liver cellularity normal at E14.5 and later
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pale liver
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J:99310
)
• liver pallor exhibited at E12.5
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hematopoietic system
• transient embryonic erythropoiesis impairment
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• colony assays revealed midgestation fetal liver megakaryocyte progenitors formed numerous macroscopic abnormal megakaryocyte colony-forming units
• transient (E9.5-E11.5) hyperproliferative yolk sac megakaryocyte colony-forming units observed by colony assay
• transient (E11.5-E14.5) hyperproliferative fetal liver megakaryocyte colony-forming units observed by colony assay
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