Sequence of right laterality with spleen: Widening the spectrum of heterotaxy

Pediatric Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 461-465

  Durán, Marco A ^a   Guereña, Avril ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Asplenia polyesplenia syndrome; Heterotaxy; Laterality sequence; Right isomerism; Right laterality; Visceral situs anomalies

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN; SYNDROME;

EID: 0036744163     PISSN: 15227952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15227950290104779     Document Type: Article

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