Article
Two rights make a wrong: human left-right malformations.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jan 1998
Casey B
Abstract excerpt
Like all vertebrates, humans establish anatomical left-right asymmetry during embryogenesis. Variation from this normal arrangement (situs solitus) results in heterotaxy, expressed either as randomization (situs ambiguus) or complete reversal (situs inversus) of normal organ position. Familial he...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Ciliary Motility Disorders
- Congenital Abnormalities
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Humans
- Kartagener Syndrome
- Male
- Mice
- Molecular Biology
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
