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Defective lateralisation in children with congenitally malformed hearts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Robert H. Anderson*
Affiliation:
Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Campus, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London
Sandra Webb
Affiliation:
Anatomy and Developmental Biology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London
Nigel A. Brown
Affiliation:
Anatomy and Developmental Biology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London
*
Prof. Robert H. Anderson, Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Campus, NHLI @ ICSM, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, United Kingdom. Tel: (0)171 351 8750; Fax: (0)171 351 8230

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Continuing Medical Education
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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