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Pulmonary agenesis: expansion of the VCFS phenotype.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Nov 2002
Conway Karen, Gibson Ronald, Perkins Jonathan, Cunningham Michael L
Abstract excerpt
In this report, we describe a child with the typical craniofacial manifestations of velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), a 22q11.2 deletion, and unilateral pulmonary agenesis. The 22q11.2 deletion syndromes are associated with malformations presumed to be caused by a disruption of cephalic neural crest cell migration during the fourth week of embryonic development. We suggest that the pulmonary agenesis seen in this...
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