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Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing of 406 Genes Identified Genetic Defects Underlying Congenital Heart Disease in Down Syndrome Patients.
Pediatric cardiology - 1 Dec 2018
Alharbi Khalid M, Al-Mazroea Abdelhadi H, Abdallah Atiyeh M, Almohammadi Yousef, Carlus S Justin, Basit Sulman
Abstract excerpt
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common autosomal chromosome anomaly. DS is frequently associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). Patients with DS have 40-60% chance of having CHD. It means that CHD in DS is not only due to trisomy 21 and there are some other genetic factors underlying CHD in DS children. In this study, a total of 240 DNA samples from patients were analyzed including 100 patients with CHD...
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