Article
DiGeorge syndrome: part of CATCH 22.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 1993
Wilson D I, Burn J, Scambler P, Goodship J
Abstract excerpt
DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) comprises thymic hypoplasia, hypocalcaemia, outflow tract defects of the heart, and dysmorphic facies. It results in almost all cases from a deletion within chromosome 22q11. We report the clinical findings in 44 cases. We propose that DiGeorge syndrome should be seen as t...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- Cleft Palate
- DiGeorge Syndrome
- Ear, External
- Face
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Humans
- Hypocalcemia
