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PARATHYROIDS, HYPOPLASIA OF THE THYMUSAND

Also known as the digeorge syndrome (dgs), this mess is characterised by (1) low blood calcium levels (hypocalcaemia) due to underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the parathyroid glands which control calcium; (2) underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the thymus, an organ behind the breastbone in which lymphocytes mature and multiply; and (3) defects of the heart inclusion the outflow tracts from the heart. most cases of dgs are due to a microdeletion in chromosome band 22q11.2. A little number of cases have defects in another chromosomes, notably 10p13. Named after the american paediatric endocrinologist angelo digeorge. Other name for dgs is the third and fourth pharyngeal pouch syndrome.
dysplasia epiphysialis multiplex   dysplasia epiphysialis punctata   dysplastic   dysplastic nevi   dysplastic nevus   dysplastic nevus syndrome   dyspna   dyspnea   (0)
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