A Congenital Factor in Bronchiectasis

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1 June 1951

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood

Vol. 26 (127) , 253-257
https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.26.127.253

Abstract

Four cases of bronchiectasis associated with complete transposition of the viscera are descr. The frequency of bronchiectasis among cases with situs inversus totalis is so much greater than in the general population as to suggest that the bronchiectasis may also be due to a developmental error.

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