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Left atrial isomerism detected in fetal life.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 May 1996
Phoon C K, Villegas M D, Ursell P C, Silverman N H
Abstract excerpt
Left and right atrial isomerism, comprising congenital heart defects with disturbances in normal left-right asymmetry, are phenotypically distinct after birth, although animal models suggest a common embryologic origin. We postulated that the prenatal phenotype may indeed be similar in both syndromes but that differential fetal loss is responsible for the distinct postnatal phenotypes. Distinctive fetal...
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