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Young children with Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (CATCH-22). Psychological and language phenotypes.
European child & adolescent psychiatry - 1 Jun 2000
Eliez S, Palacio-Espasa F, Spira A, Lacroix M, Pont C, Luthi F, Robert-Tissot C, Feinstein C, Schorderet D F, Antonarakis S E, Cramer B
Abstract excerpt
This is the first clinical description of a detailed psychological, speech, and language phenotype of four young children (< 5 years) with Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (VCFS) due to a deletion on chromosome 22 (22q11.2). The reported elevated risk of developing schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in adolescence for individuals with this chromosomal deletion led us to examine the psychiatric and cognitive status of...
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