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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Abnormalities, Multiple > Heterotaxy Syndrome
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Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Lymphatic Diseases > Splenic Diseases > Heterotaxy Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Heterotaxy Syndrome
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Heterotaxy Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Heterotaxy Syndrome

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Heterotaxy Syndrome  

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  • Abnormal thoracoabdominal VISCERA arrangement (visceral heterotaxy) or malformation that involves additional CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS (e.g., heart isomerism; DEXTROCARDIA) and/or abnormal SPLEEN (e.g., asplenia and polysplenia). Irregularities with the central nervous system, the skeleton and urinary tract are often associated with the syndrome. Congenital deformity in which the internal organs of the THORAX and the ABDOMEN are abnormally arranged across the mediolateral body axis.

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http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059446
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