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Combined microdeletions and CHD7 mutation causing severe CHARGE/DiGeorge syndrome: clinical presentation and molecular investigation by array-CGH.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2010
Kaliakatsos Marios, Giannakopoulos Aristeidis, Fryssira Helena, Kanariou Maria, Skiathitou Anna-Venetia, Siahanidou Tania, Giannikou Krinio, Makrythanasis Periklis, Kanavakis Emmanuel, Tzetis Maria
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic variation in CHARGE syndrome remains unexplained. A subcategory of CHARGE patients show overlapping phenotypic characteristics with DiGeorge syndrome (thymic hypo/aplasia, hypocalcemia, T-cell immunodeficiency). Very few have been tested or reported to carry a mutation of the CHD7 (chromodomain helicase DNA-binding domain) gene detected in two-thirds of CHARGE patients. In an attempt to explore the...
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