Brown syndrome associated with velocardiofacial syndrome

Journal of AAPOS : the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Susie ChangElias I Traboulsi

Abstract

Occurrences of Brown syndrome are rare, hence the difficulty in establishing the exact etiology. We report a patient with Brown syndrome associated with velocardiofacial syndrome (deletion of chromosome 22q11), which may implicate a candidate chromosomal region for some cases of this syndrome.

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Nov 12, 2005·Current Opinion in Pediatrics·Robert J ShprintzenWendy Kates

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