The 22q11.2 deletion in African-American patients: An underdiagnosed population?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 134 A, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-246

  McDonald McGinn, Donna M ^a,b   Minugh Purvis, Nancy ^a   Kirschner, Richard E ^a   Jawad, Abbas ^a   Tonnesen, Melissa K ^a   Catanzaro, Jason R ^a   Goldmuntz, Elizabeth ^a   Driscoll, Deborah ^a   LaRossa, Don ^a   Emanuel, Beverly S ^a   Zackai, Elaine H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

22q11.2 deletion syndrome; DiGeorge syndrome; Velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOCALCEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEARNING DISORDER; MACROCEPHALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; PALATE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20144389437     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30069     Document Type: Article

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