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Importance of microdeletions of chromosomal region 22q11 as a cause of selected malformations of the ventricular outflow tracts and aortic arch: a three-year prospective study.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jul 1996
Webber S A, Hatchwell E, Barber J C, Daubeney P E, Crolla J A, Salmon A P, Keeton B R, Temple I K, Dennis N R
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence of microdeletions of chromosomal region 22q11 in a population of infants coming to a regional pediatric cardiac center with selected abnormalities of the ventricular outflow tracts and aortic arch and, further, to provide phenotypic/genetic correlations to determine whether patients with 22q11 deletions can be clinically recognized in infancy. BACKGROUND: DiGeorge syndrome and...
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