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22q11.2 deletion in patients with conotruncal heart defect and del22q syndrome phenotype.
Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia - 1 Apr 2009
Belangero Sintia Iole Nogueira, Bellucco Fernanda T S, Kulikowski Leslie Domenici, Christofolini Denise M, Cernach Mirlene C S P, Melaragno Maria Isabel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is the most frequent human microdeletion syndrome. The phenotype is highly variable, being characterized by conotruncal heart defect, facial dysmorphisms, velopharyngeal insufficiency, learning difficulties and mental retardation. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of deletion 22q11.2 in a Brazilian sample of individuals with isolated...
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