Atrioventricular Septal Defect 3

A number sign (#) is used with this entry because of evidence that atrioventricular septal defect-3 (AVSD3) is caused by compound heterozygous mutation in the GJA1 gene (121014) on chromosome 6q22.

For a general phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of atrioventricular septal defect, see AVSD1 (606215).

Molecular Genetics

In a pediatric heart transplant patient with an atrioventricular canal defect, Dasgupta et al. (2001) identified 4 substitutions in the GJA1 gene: 2 missense mutations and 2 silent polymorphisms (see 121014.0011).