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[22q11.2 deletion and schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence].
Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie - 1 Sept 2007
Briegel Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
22q11.2 deletion is the most common microdeletion in humans and one of the most important risk factors for schizophrenia. Nevertheless, case reports of children or adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion and schizophrenia are very rare. After a review of the current knowledge about physical, developmental, behavioural and psychiatric problems in 22q11.2 deletion, the case of a 12;10-year-old boy with schizophrenia and...
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