Velocardiofacial syndrome - a syndrome with many faces
South African Journal of Psychiatry
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Velocardiofacial syndrome - a syndrome with many faces | |
| Creator | Lombard, Melinda Roos, JL | |
| Description | Velocardiofacial Syndrome (VCFS) can present with many different features. In this paper we review some of these features: working memory deficits, dysmorphic features, co-morbid obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), early deviant behaviour, functional impairment, and early age of onset of schizophrenia. Some uncommon features found in the five patients studied are discussed. Genetic counselling in these patients and what the future holds in terms of treatment are mentioned. Patients with VCFS can have covert symptoms that can easily be overlooked. For this reason, guidelines to the detection of the abnormalities in these patients are given. The patients whose cases are reviewed are five patients who were diagnosed with VCFS during an ongoing genetic project on the study of schizophrenia in the Afrikaner founder population. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2011-09-01 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v17i3.305 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 17, No 3 (2011); 5 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
| Language | eng | |
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