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. 2003 Mar;88(2):F157–F159. doi: 10.1136/fn.88.2.F157

Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Padua, and the fetal "shunts"

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PMCID: PMC1721528  PMID: 12598509

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Andreas Vesalius, 1514–1564.

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Gabriele Fallopius, 1523–1562.

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Placenta, umbilical cord, liver, and ductus venosus (from Fabricius' De formato foetu (1600)).

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Heart, lung, great vessels, and ductus arteriosus (E) (from Fabricius' De formato foetu (1600)).

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