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Velo-cardio-facial syndrome: a model for understanding the genetics and pathogenesis of schizophrenia
1 Nov 2001
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BACKGROUND: Individuals with velocardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), a genetic disorder associated with microdeletions of chromosome 22q11, are reported to have high rates of psychiatric disorder, particularly schizophrenia. AIMS: To review the evidence for an association between VCFS and schizophrenia: to outline recent neuropsychological, neuroanatomical and genetic studies of individuals with VCFS; and to make...
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