Staged Surgical Palliation in Identical Twins with Concordance for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

Key words

twin - hypoplastic left heart syndrome - genetics - congenital heart disease

Schlüsselwörter

Zwillinge - hypoplastisches Linksherzsyndrom - Genetik - angeborene Herzfehler

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