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Genetic modifiers of the physical malformations in velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome.
Developmental disabilities research reviews - 1 Jan 2008
Aggarwal Vimla S, Morrow Bernice E
Abstract excerpt
Velo-cardio-facial syndrome/DiGeorge syndrome (VCFS/DGS), the most common micro-deletion disorder in humans, is characterized by craniofacial, parathyroid, and thymic defects as well as cardiac outflow tract malformations. Most patients have a similar hemizygous 3 million base pair deletion on 22q11.2. Studies in mouse have shown that Tbx1, a T-box containing transcription factor present on the deleted region, is...
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