Racial disparities in heterotaxy syndrome

ConclusionThis study represents one of the largest population‐based studies of HTX to date, with a novel finding of higher rates of HTX among Hispanic infants of mostly Mexican origin, as well as among female infants of only non‐Hispanic white and black mothers. These findings warrant further investigation.Birth Defects Research (Part A), 2015. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology - August 1, 2015 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Keila N. Lopez, Lisa K. Marengo, Mark A. Canfield, John W. Belmont, Heather A. Dickerson Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research