Racial disparities in heterotaxy syndrome

• Published in: Birth defects research. A Clinical and molecular teratology Vol. 103; no. 11; p. 941
• Main Authors: Lopez, Keila N, Marengo, Lisa K, Canfield, Mark A, Belmont, John W, Dickerson, Heather A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data; Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data; Female; Health Status Disparities; Heterotaxy Syndrome - epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mothers; Prevalence; Registries - statistics & numerical data; Texas - epidemiology; Texas; Heterotaxy syndrome; Congenital heart disease; Epidemiology; Pregnancy and Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Health disparities

Heterotaxy syndrome (HTX) is a constellation of defects including abnormal organ lateralization and often including congenital heart defects. HTX has widely divergent population-based estimates of prevalence, racial and ethnic predominance, and mortality in current literature. The objective of this...