Canadian Medical Guide > Diseases > Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Abnormalities > DiGeorge Syndrome Terms and Definitions
DiGeorge Syndrome
Medical Definition: | Congenital syndrome with the absence of the thymus and parathyroids causing impairment of cellular immunity. Immunoglobulin levels are normal. |
Guide Notes: | an immunodefic syndrome; also called thymic dysplasia, thymic aplasia & thymic agenesis |
Previously Indexed: | Parathyroid Glands (1966-1976),Thymus Gland (1966-1976) |
DiGeorge Syndrome Medical Definitions and Terms
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