Objective: We hypothesized that most patients with 22q11.2 deletion and a history of hypocalcemia have inadequate parathyroid function, manifested by intact parathyroid hormone levels below normal.

Gcm2 is not expressed in mouse glial cells or their precursors but is instead restricted to the parathyroid gland. This makes Gcm2 an ideal marker for the parathyroid gland and a possible master ...