Diseases

DiGeorge Syndrome

Congenital syndrome characterized by a wide spectrum of characteristics including the absence of the THYMUS and PARATHYROID GLANDS resulting in T-cell immunodeficiency, HYPOCALCEMIA, defects in the outflow tract of the heart, and craniofacial anomalies.

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Congenital syndrome characterized by a wide spectrum of characteristics including the absence of the THYMUS and PARATHYROID GLANDS resulting in T-cell immunodeficiency, HYPOCALCEMIA, defects in the outflow tract of the heart, and craniofacial anomalies.

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29 entry terms
  • Autosomal Dominant Opitz G-Bbb Syndrome
  • Catch22
  • DiGeorge Anomaly
  • DiGeorge Sequence
  • Familial Third and Fourth Pharyngeal Pouch Syndrome
  • Hypoplasia of Thymus and Parathyroids
  • Pharyngeal Pouch Syndrome
  • Third and Fourth Pharyngeal Pouch Syndrome
  • Thymic Aplasia Syndrome
  • Autosomal Dominant Opitz G Bbb Syndrome
  • Syndrome, DiGeorge
  • 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
  • 22q11.2DS
  • Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome
  • Conotruncal Anomaly Face Syndrome (CTAF)
  • Deletion 22q11.2 Syndrome
  • Sedlackova Syndrome
  • Shprintzen Syndrome
  • Shprintzen VCF Syndrome
  • VCF Syndrome
  • Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome
  • Velocardiofacial Syndrome
  • Deletion Syndrome, 22q11.2
  • Syndrome, Sedlackova
  • Syndrome, Shprintzen
  • Syndrome, VCF
  • Syndrome, Velo-Cardio-Facial
  • Syndrome, Velocardiofacial
  • Velo Cardio Facial Syndrome

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(77); was see under IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES 1977-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Parathyroid Glands (1966-1976)
  • Thymus Gland (1966-1976)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. DiGeorge Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004062. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004062
  2. DiGeorge Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiGeorge_syndrome
  3. DiGeorge Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525642