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Familial recurrence of congenital heart disease: an overview and review of the literature.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Feb 2007
Calcagni Giulio, Digilio M Cristina, Sarkozy Anna, Dallapiccola Bruno, Marino Bruno
Abstract excerpt
Familial recurrence is one of the classic patterns for the clinical presentation of congenital heart disease (CHD). In recent years, many groups studied empiric recurrence risk in these heart defects, and the aim of this review was to analyse the patterns of inheritance detected in different types of CHD, including atrioventricular canal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, left-sided...
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