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San Diego, California Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Educational Foundation, Incorporated

Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Educational Foundation, Inc. Contacting the Foundation   If you have further questions, including membership in our organization, please contact The Foundation via phone, post, or email, and we will assist you. Telephone:   (732) 238-8803 or 1-866-VCFSEF5 Postal address: PO Box 874 Milltown, New Jersey 08850 Electronic mail: Executive Director: Karen J. Golding-Kushner,

Psychiatric Diagnoses and Course of Illness in VCFS Patients Demitri Papolos, M.D. (Winter 96) Clearly, one of areas of greatest interest to people involved with velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), whether the interest be personal or scientific, is the possibility for the development of psychiatric disorders in affected individuals. We recently reported in the American Journal of

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Working With Schools to Help Your Child With VCFS Donna Landsman, M.S. Managing the educational maze can be one of the most frustrating aspects of raising a child with special needs. In the U.S., federal and state laws regulate what school districts are obligated to do, even though shrinking school budgets make it difficult to

MS Powerpoint  Presentations   The collection of powerpoint presentations on this site were presented at numerous VCFSEF annual conferences, and are presented “as is” for your education only. The presentations also cover a significant span of time, therefore information in early works may have been superceded by later research.  Some information presented here may be proprietary,

Psychiatric Diagnoses and Course of Illness in VCFS Patients Demitri Papolos, M.D. (Winter 96) Clearly, one of areas of greatest interest to people involved with velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), whether the interest be personal or scientific, is the possibility for the development of psychiatric disorders in affected individuals. We recently reported in the American Journal of

Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome Educational Foundation, Inc. Genetic Counseling and VCFS: A Basic Review Deborah Hung Copenheaver, M.S. Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.   VCFS is a genetic disorder associated with a deletion of chromosome #22q11. Chromosomes are found in the cells of the human body and contain genes (or genetic information). This genetic information controls

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