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CHARGE syndrome

Background

CHARGE syndrome was initially described in 1979, the diagnostic acronym CHARGE was coined in 1982. The condition was previously known as CHARGE association but was renamed CHARGE syndrome on the identification of the gene mutation now known to be involved.

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Medical text written December 2000 by Dr J Kirk. Last updated August 2005 by Dr J Kirk, Consultant Endocrinologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.

 

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