Erondu-Cymet Syndrome
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Erondu–Cymet syndrome is a syndrome caused by a translocation on the 21st chromosome
. The genetic karyotype
for people with this condition is 46, XY, inv(21)(q11.2q22.1). Findings in these patients include: hypotension, hypoxemia, seizures, and impairment of cognitive ability. Patients with this condition may have persistent left superior vena cava that drains into the left atrium, as well as pulmonary arterio-venous malformations. Erondu–Cymet Syndrome was discovered in 2006 by Ugochi Erondu and Tyler Cymet
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Chromosome 21 (human)
Chromosome 21 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome. The trisomy of the 21st chromosome causes Down Syndrome...
. The genetic karyotype
Karyotype
A karyotype is the number and appearance of chromosomes in the nucleus of an eukaryotic cell. The term is also used for the complete set of chromosomes in a species, or an individual organism.p28...
for people with this condition is 46, XY, inv(21)(q11.2q22.1). Findings in these patients include: hypotension, hypoxemia, seizures, and impairment of cognitive ability. Patients with this condition may have persistent left superior vena cava that drains into the left atrium, as well as pulmonary arterio-venous malformations. Erondu–Cymet Syndrome was discovered in 2006 by Ugochi Erondu and Tyler Cymet
Tyler Cymet
Tyler C. Cymet, D.O. is a physician in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended medical school at Nova Southeastern University, served as an intern at Chicago Osteopathic Medical Center, and performed a Primary Care Internal Medicine residency at Yale University and did additional training at Sinai...
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