velocardiofacial syndrome
Definition: a syndrome with hypernasal speech, dysmorphic facial features (long midface, cylindric nose, downward turned corners of mouth), and cardiac abnormalities; same chromosomal abnormality as seen in DiGeorge syndrome (q.v.) (a microdeletion in chromosome 22q11); dominant inheritance.
Synonym(s): Shprintzen syndrome
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