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CATCH 22 syndrome
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Etymology
The salient features of DiGeorge syndrome can be summarized by the mnemonic CATCH 22 (an allusion to Catch-22, a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller):
Cardiac defects,
Abnormal facies,
Thymic aplasia,
Cleft palate,
Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism, and
22q11.2 deletion.
Noun
~ CATCH 22 syndrome
en disease informal en DiGeorge syndrome.
en mnemonics