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Heterotaxy Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PFD7ZV1P-K

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