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Congenital heart defects in patients with DiGeorge/velocardiofacial syndrome and del22q11.
Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 1999
Marino B, Digilio M C, Toscano A, Giannotti A, Dallapiccola B
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are found in 75% of patients with DiGeorge/velocardiofacial (DG/VCF) syndromes with deletion 22q11.2 (del22q11). The purpose of this study was to analyse clinical features and, particularly, types and subtypes of CHDs associated with del22q11 in our series of patients and in those reported in other studies. All patients with CHD and del22q11 present major or minor clinical features...
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