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Human laterality disorders.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Peeters Hilde, Devriendt Koen
Abstract excerpt
Heterotaxia is a group of congenital disorders characterized by a misplacement of one or more organs according to the left-right axis. Bilateral asymmetry of internal organs is conserved among all vertebrate species. Analyses in animal models such as mouse, chicken, frog and zebrafish allowed for a remarkable progress of knowledge on the embryonic and genetic mechanisms underlying internal left-right asymmetry....
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