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Jun
Cardiac evaluation of patients with 22q11.2 duplication syndrome
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Cardiac symptoms in patients with 22q11.2 duplication syndrome. Patients with isolated duplications of 22q11.2 segment show a very wide spectrum of manifestations from severely affected to practically asymptomatic persons. Some patients with duplications of 22q11.2 may have congenital heart defects (CHD). However, the spectrum and severity of CHD in dup... Read More
30
Aug
6q25.1 microdeletion, the TAB2 gene plays a key role in congenital heart defects
American Journal of Medical Genetics March 2017 Congenital heart defects (CHD) affect approximately 1.35 million infants each year. New technologies have revealed more genetic causes for CHD; one gene of interest is TAB2 (Full name: TGF-beta activated kinase 1/MAP3K7 binding protein 2) which, as the study finds, causes structural valve... Read More
