Situs inversus, asymmetry, and twinning.
PubMedPublished 1 December 1950Open access
Johan Torgersen
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The following data are collected in a rather extensive study of situs inversus in Norway which may be of interest in connection with the general problem of mirror-image asymmetry in twins.
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