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syndrome
(redirected from Velocardiofacial syndrome)

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syndrome
Med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder

syndrome [′sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A group of signs and symptoms which together characterize a disease. Also known as complex.


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5,6,8,11) This region (22 q 11) is known to be susceptible to rearrangements, and it is implicated in other congenital anomaly syndromes such as unbalanced 11/22 translocation, velocardiofacial syndrome, and DiGeorge syndrome.
Although these characteristics make it possible to identify them before psychiatric disorders develop, the disorder, called velocardiofacial syndrome, is under-diagnosed and under-recognized in this country despite its link to schizophrenia.
Velocardiofacial syndrome is classically characterized by clefting of the secondary palate, cardiac defects, learning disabilities, and facial dysmorphism.
 
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