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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 interstitial deletion in this category of congenital heart disease. Cardiac phenotypes were: truncus arteriosus (17),...
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