22q11.2 deletion syndrome, also known as DiGeorge Syndrome, Velocardiofacial Syndrome, conotruncal anomaly face syndrome, Congenital Thymic Aplasia, Strong Syndrome, Thymic hypoplasia, and DiGeorge anomaly is a syndrome caused by the deletion of a small piece of chromosome 22. The deletion occurs near the middle of the chromosome at a location designated q11.2 i.e., on the long arm of one of the pair of chromosomes 22. It has a prevalence estimat...
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Also known as:
- Thymic hypoplasia,
- Congenital Thymic Aplasia,
- DiGeorge Syndrome,
- Conotruncal anomaly face syndrome,
- Velocardiofacial Syndrome,
- DiGeorge anomaly,
- Strong Syndrome,
- VCFS,
- velo-cardio-facial syndrome
