Martínez-Ceccopieri DA, Barrios-Prieto E, González-Gallo SL, Panduro-Barón G, Fajardo-Dueñas S

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 769-777
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ABSTRACT

We describe the prenatal sonographic findings in two cases of fetal heterotaxy syndrome evaluated at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit of a tertiary hospital over a period of one year and present a review of the literature on the subject.

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