Late-Onset psychosis in the velo-cardio-facial syndrome
โ Scribed by Shprintzen, Robert J. ;Goldberg, Rosalie ;Golding-Kushner, Karen J. ;Marion, Robert W.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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Prenatal diagnosis of the DiGeorge/velo-cardio-facial syndrome has become possible since it was recognized that this syndrome is caused by a submicroscopic deletion in chromosome 22q11. In a sporadic patient presenting a conotruncal heart defect and polyhydramnios, the del 22q11 was made prenatally
Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS) is a congenital anomaly characterized by multiple dysmorphisms, cleft palate, cardiac anomalies, and learning disabilities, that results from a microdeletion of chromosome 22q11. An increased prevalence of psychiatric illness has been observed, with both schizophre