DiGeorge syndrome

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Key articles

European Society for Immunodeficiencies. Clinical Working Party diagnostic criteria for PID: DiGeorge syndrome diagnostic criteria [internet publication].Full text

Botto LD, May K, Fernhoff PM, et al. A population-based study of the 22q11.2 deletion: phenotype, incidence, and contribution to major birth defects in the population. Pediatrics. 2003;112:101-107. Abstract

Land MH, Garcia-Lloret MI, Borzy MS, et al. Long-term results of bone marrow transplantation in complete DiGeorge syndrome. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007;120:908-915. Abstract

Baumer A, Riegel M, Schinzel A. Non-random asynchronous replication at 22q11.2 favours unequal meiotic crossovers leading to the human 22q11.2 deletion. J Med Genet. 2004;41:413-420.Full text  Abstract

Taddei I, Morishima M, Huynh T, et al. Genetic factors are major determinants of phenotypic variability in a mouse model of the DiGeorge/del22q11 syndromes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001;98:11428-11431.Full text  Abstract

Ryan AK, Goodship JA, Wilson DI, et al. Spectrum of clinical features associated with interstitial chromosome 22q11 deletions: a European collaborative study. J Med Genet. 1997;34:798-804.Full text  Abstract

Piliero LM, Sanford AN, McDonald-McGinn DM, et al. T-cell homeostasis in humans with thymic hypoplasia due to chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Blood. 2004;103:1020-1025.Full text  Abstract

Markert ML, Boeck A, Hale LP, et al. Transplantation of thymus tissue in complete DiGeorge syndrome. N Engl J Med. 1999;341:1180-1189.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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