Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis‐like polyarthritis in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (digeorge anomalad/velocardiofacial syndrome/conotruncal anomaly face syndrome)

Abstract excerpt

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of polyarthritis and chromosome 22q11.2 deletions. METHODS: Eighty patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome followed up at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia were examined for evidence of arthropathy or arthritis. Patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and polyarthritis underwent laboratory evaluations of immunologic function to determine the...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
• Share to Congenital heart defects research
• Share to Down syndrome and intellectual disability research