Article
Prevalence of the microdeletion 22q11 in newborn infants with congenital conotruncal cardiac anomalies.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Nov 1998
Iserin L, de Lonlay P, Viot G, Sidi D, Kachaner J, Munnich A, Lyonnet S, Vekemans M, Bonnet D
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Conotruncal malformations account for about 50% of congenital heart defects diagnosed in newborns. We studied prospectively 104 patients admitted in our neonatal intensive care unit for conotruncal defects by fluorescence in situ hybridization to estimate the prevalence of the interst...
Topics
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- DiGeorge Syndrome
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant, Newborn
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies