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. 1979 May;41(5):559–567. doi: 10.1136/hrt.41.5.559

How to determine atrial situs? Considerations initiated by 3 cases of absent spleen with a discordant anatomy between bronchi and atria.

G Caruso, A E Becker
PMCID: PMC482070  PMID: 465226

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