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SUBMITTER: Cardenas-Nieto D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6976326 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cárdenas-Nieto Diana D Forero-Castro Maribel M Esteban-Pérez Clara C Martínez-Lozano Julio J Briceño-Balcázar Ignacio I
Journal of pediatric genetics 20191023 1
The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is present in approximately 5 to 8% of patients with cleft lip, palate, or both (CL/P) and 75 to 80% of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). In a literature review, we consider this association of 22q11.2DS in pediatric patients with CL/P and CHD. Early diagnosis of 22q11.2DS in pediatric patients with CL/P and CHD helps to optimize a multidisciplinary treatment approach for 22q11DS. Early diagnosis, thereby, can improve quality of life for thes ...[more]