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1Signs and Symptoms of Velocardiofacial Syndrome 1 Citation Velocardiofacial Syndrome Children with Velocardiofacial Syndrome can have a range of characteristics, which will dictate what treatment is required. The cleft palate is usually repaired when the infant is around 10 months old or when he or she is starting to make sounds of speech. Palate surgery often takes about two or three hours, with the infant staying in the hospital one or two nights. Some children with Velocardiofacial Syndrome experience speech difficulties even when the palate lo, technorati.com
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Velocardiofacial Syndrome: How is Velocardiofacial Syndrome diagnosed? 1 Citation Velocardiofacial Syndrome Velocardiofacial Syndrome is suspected as a diagnosis based on clinical examination and the presence of the signs and symptoms of the syndrome. A special blood test called FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) is then done to look for the deletion in chromosome 22q11.2. More than 95 percent of individuals who have Velocardiofacial Syndrome have a deletion in chromosome 22q11.2. Those individuals who do not have the 22q11.2 deletion by standard FISH testing m, technorati.com
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Facts of Velocardiofacial Syndrome 1 Citation Velocardiofacial syndrome Velocardiofacial syndrome , or VCFS, has had over 180 clinical features described. Though no individual with Velocardiofacial syndrome has all 180 findings, it is also true that no one with the syndrome has only one or two of the findings. The problem in diagnosis of is many of the anomalies associated with the Velocardiofacial syndrome are not apparent at birth, or even in early childhood, primarily because they are behavioral, or in some cases because they are, technorati.com
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Velocardiofacial Syndrome in Intellectual Disability 1 Citation Velocardiofacial Syndrome Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) is an autosomal dominant 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome, the most common microdeletion syndrome in humans. Its phenotype includes learning difficulties, intellectual disability, congenital heart disease, abnormalities of the palate, hypocalcemia, immune deficiency and characteristic facial features. The behavioral phenotype includes intellectual abilities ranging from borderline intelligence to moderate intellectual disability, poor, technorati.com
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Sex Differences in Cognitive Functioning in Velocardiofacial Syndrome (VCFS) 1 Citation Velocardiofacial Syndrome Sex differences in cognitive functioning were investigated in children with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), a genetic defect caused by a microdeletion on chromosome 22q.11. The study population consisted of six groups: 50 boys with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) (M = 11.1, SD = 2.7), 40 girls with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) (M = 10.8, SD = 2.5), 13 male siblings of the participant with velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) (M = 12.3, SD = 1.9), 17 female, technorati.com
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Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) Video 1 Citation You may not have heard about Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome (VCFS), which was published in 1978, but you unless you know someone with it, it may be oblivious to you. Many of the anomalies associated with the VCFS are not apparent at birth, or even in early childhood, primarily because they are behavioral, or in some cases because they are ?silent? anomalies, meaning that they are not symptomatic. Visit http://www.vcfsef.org for more information. Watch these videos about a patient?s life stor, technorati.com
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What is velocardiofacial syndrome? 1 Citation Velocardiofacial syndrome Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) is a disorder that has been associated with over thirty different features. (A disease or disorder that has more than one identifying feature or symptom is a syndrome.) The name velocardiofacial syndrome comes from the Latin words "velum" meaning palate, "cardia" meaning heart and "facies" having to do with the face. Not all of these identifying features are found in each child who is born with VCFS. The most common features are cl, technorati.com
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What causes velocardiofacial syndrome? 1 Citation Velocardiofacial Syndrome The cause of Velocardiofacial Syndrome is unknown. What is known is that it is a genetic disorder. This means that there is a problem with one or more of the genes which are found in every cell of the body that contain the instructions that tell cells what to do. Although the gene or genes that cause Velocardiofacial Syndrome have not been identified, most of the children who have been diagnosed with this syndrome are missing a small part of chromosome 22. Chromos, technorati.com
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Quinn Bradlee: Adventures with learning disabilities 1 Citation A Q&A from the Washington Post with editor?s note:Quinn Bradlee discusses his new memoir, ?A Different Life,? and website. Bradlee has velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS) and multiple learning disabilities, and is the son of Washington Post veterans Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn.An excerpt:Q: Is the book meant to be about being learning disabled, or about the trials of youth in general?A: When I first set out to write the book, it was a book about me. It is about my experience. . . . It was never mea, technorati.com
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Velocardiofacial Syndrome For Babies 1 Citation Velocardiofacial Syndrome Some babies who have Velocardiofacial Syndrome have poor muscle tone. This makes it harder for them to learn to roll over, to sit up and to walk. Physical therapy can help with these problems. There's a chance that your baby may have some kind of heart defect (about half of babies who have Velocardiofacial Syndrome also have a heart problem). An ultrasound exam of your baby's heart will show any defects. Surgery may be necessary to fix the heart problems associat, technorati.com
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