Exploring a neurogenic basis of velopharyngeal dysfunction in Tbx1 mutant mice: no difference in volumes of the nucleus ambiguus.

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OBJECTIVE: Velopharyngeal hypotonia seems to be an important factor in velopharyngeal dysfunction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, but the etiology is not understood. Because TBX1 maps within the typical 22q11.2 deletion and Tbx1-deficient mice phenocopy many findings in patients with the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, TBX1 is considered the major candidate gene in the etiology of these defects. Tbx1 heterozygosity in...

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