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Craniorachischisis and heterotaxia with heart disease in twins: link or change nature?
Congenital heart disease - 1 Jan 2000
Bianca Sebastiano, Bartoloni Giovanni, Barone Chiara, Barrano Barbara, Boemi Gustavo, De Filippo Vincenzo, Indaco Lara, Cataliotti Antonella, Ettore Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
Craniorachischisis is a rare neural tube defect in which both acrania and a complete schisis of the vertebral column are present. Heterotaxy results from failure to establish normal left-right asymmetry during embryonic development and is characterized by a variable group of congenital anomalies that include complex cardiac malformations and situs inversus or situs ambiguous. We report a diamniotic twin pregnancy...
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