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Isomerism

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Congenital Heart Defects

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The incidence is reported between 0.1 and 0.4% of congenital heart defects. A tendency for right isomerism to affect males, and for left isomerism to affect females has been reported.

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Corno, A.F. (2004). Isomerism. In: Congenital Heart Defects. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7985-1934-3_14

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