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Mapping cortical morphology in youth with velocardiofacial (22q11.2 deletion) syndrome.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - 1 Mar 2011
Kates Wendy R, Bansal Ravi, Fremont Wanda, Antshel Kevin M, Hao Xuejun, Higgins Anne Marie, Liu Jun, Shprintzen Robert J, Peterson Bradley S
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OBJECTIVE: Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS; 22q11.2 deletion syndrome) represents one of the highest known risk factors for schizophrenia. Insofar as up to 30% of individuals with this genetic disorder develop schizophrenia, VCFS constitutes a unique, etiologically homogeneous model for understan...
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