[Chromosome 22q11 deletion syndrome and its relevance for child and adolescent psychiatry. An overview of etiology, physical symptoms, aspects of child development and psychiatric disorders].

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22q11.2 deletion syndrome is the most common interstitial deletion syndrome in humans. Patients with this syndrome can show a variety of somatic symptoms, especially characteristic facial abnormalities, heart defects, thymic hypo- or aplasia and velopharyngeal dysfunction with or without cleft palate. Disturbancies in motor, language, cognitive and social development are typical, as well as psychiatric disorders....

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