Allan L. Reiss
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Parental origin of the deletion 22q11.2 and brain development in velocardiofacial syndrome: a preliminary study.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2001; (1): 64-8
As children with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) develop, they are at increased risk for psychopathology; one third will eventually develop schizophrenia. Because VCFS and the concomitant symptomatology result from a known genetic origin, the biological and behavioral characteristics of the syndrome provide an optimal framework for conceptualizing the associations among genes, brain development, and behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the parental origin of the 22q11.2 microdeletion on the brain development of children and adolescents with VCFS.
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