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Letter to the editor regarding “Situs inversus with levocardia, infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava, and azygos continuation: a case report”

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Rohit S. Loomba

  2. Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Robert H. Anderson

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Loomba, R.S., Anderson, R.H. Letter to the editor regarding “Situs inversus with levocardia, infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava, and azygos continuation: a case report”. Surg Radiol Anat 37, 1289–1290 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-015-1492-x

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