title: Role of hypocalcemia in identification of 22q11 deletion syndrome among patients with congenital heart defects.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Genetics, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) and Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre (CHSCPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vinicius Freitas
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: de Mattos
authors.affiliation: Graduation in Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonardo Paludo
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Sulczinski
authors.affiliation: Graduation in Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Olga Gaio
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.affiliation: Graduation in Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Filipe Augusto
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Graduation in Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Samir Abou Ghaouche
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: de Moraes
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Pathology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trevisan
authors.affiliation: Human Genetics, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marilu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fiegenbaum
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Marileila
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varella-Garcia
authors.affiliation: Clinical Genetics, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) and Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre (CHSCPA), RS, Brazil; Graduate Program in Pathology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Ricardo Gazzola
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Zen
authors.affiliation: Clinical Genetics, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) and Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre (CHSCPA), RS, Brazil; Graduate Program in Pathology, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), RS, Brazil; Clinical Genetics, Hospital Materno Infantil Presidente Vargas (HMIPV), RS, Brazil. Electronic address: rfmr@terra.com.br.
authors.forename: Rafael Fabiano Machado
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Rosa
mesh_terms: D058165:22q11 Deletion Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
keywords: Calcium; Cardiac malformations; FISH; Screening; Velocardiofacial syndrome