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Del Pasqua, A., Rinelli, G., Toscano, A., Iacobelli, R., Digilio, C., Marino, B., Saffirio, C., Mondillo, S., Pasquini, L., Sanders, S.P. and de Zorzi, A. (2009) New findings concerning cardiovascular manifestations emerging from long-term follow-up of 150 patients with the Williams-Beuren-Beuren syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 19, 563-567. doi:10.1017/S1047951109990837
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TITLE:
Williams-Beuren syndrome: Usual face, unusual heart
AUTHORS:
Natalia Marin Huarte, Luis García-Guereta, Pablo Lapunzina
KEYWORDS:
Williams-Beuren Syndrome; Tetralogy of Fallot; Genetic Diagnosis
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Genetics,
Vol.3 No.1,
March
29,
2013
ABSTRACT: Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WB-S) occurs in approximately 1/7500 live births. It is characterized by typical facial features, congenital heart defects and mild mental retardation. Around 75% - 80% of all patients have some kind of cardiovascular disorder being supravalvular aortic stenosis and pulmonary artery stenosis the most frequent. This syndrome is due to a contiguous gene deletion (1- to 2-megabase deletion on the long arm of chromosome 7), including the entire elastin gene and 20 additional genes. We present a case of a two year old boy with WB-S and Tetralogy of Fallot, a very infrequent association. Diagnosis of WB-S could be made because of typical facial features. Characteristic WB-S deletion was present. Genetic study to rule out 22q11 deletion was also performed.
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