Presentations from the 2009 VCFSEF 16th Annual International Scientific Meeting in Rome, Italy.

General Information

  • Clinical features of a large cohort of  22q11.2 deletion syndrome: an Italian multicentre study preliminary Results
  • Clinical manifestations in a cohort of 48 patients with 22q11 deletion syndrome
  • Present State of VCFS treatments in Japan
  • Clinical and biological data of a cohort of 81 patients with VCFS

 

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Legislation and Advocacy

  • The State of Texas (USA) passes the first legislation specifically
    related to VCFS

 

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Feeding

  • Feeding, weight gain, and failure-to-thrive
  • Velopharyngeal Surgery in VCFS

 

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Palate and Pharyngeal Surgery

  • Velocardiofacial Syndrome a review of 75 cases operated by Pharyngoplasty
  • Velopharyngeal Surgery in VCFS

 

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Cardiac Issues

  • Cardiac Defects: Diagnosis and Treatment

 

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Psychological and Behavioral

  • Frequency of psychopathology in Italian children and adolescents
    with 22q11 deletion: preliminary results from a follow-up
    multicenter study
  • Cognitive profile in 20 children with VCFS
  • Social cognitive skills and visual scan paths in children and young adults with Velo-cardio-facial syndrome
  • Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychological, behavioral and psychiatric difficulties in VCFS
  • Brain development in VCFS: a longitudinal study
  • Psychiatric Disorders in VCFS Throughout Development
  • Mental retardation and psychosis in VCFS From the 22q11 deletion to hyperprolinemia
  • Neuroanatomic and Behavioral Correlates of Language Function
    in VCFS
  • Neuropsychological profile of Italian children with VFCS
  • Impact of emotion on reality monitoring performance in VCFS
  • Psychopathologic aspects and features in children and adolescents
    with 22q11.2 Delection Syndrome: Preliminary results of a study
    on 16 patients
  • Movement timing in primary school children with the Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (VCFS) and age-and IQ-matched controls.
  • Local form discrimination: a visual impairment in VCFS
  • Scanpath variation in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome during the Benton Visual Retention Test

 

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Medical / Genetic

  • Detecting 22q11.2 deletions from neonatal dried blood spot
    samples
  • Functions of TBX1: an update
  • Relevance of humoral immune response in 22q11.2 deletion
    syndrome
  • Clinical and immunological aspects in chromosome 22q11.2
    deletion syndrome. Follow-up Survey in the first years of life
  • Better medicines for children. Practical Challenges in Drug
    Development
  • VCFS and congenital heart defects: length of postoperative hospitalization
  • Thyroid function and morphology in VCFS

 

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VCFS Educational Foundation Network

  • Australia and the Pacific Rim
  • The VCFS Foundation of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
  • French-speaking Belgian Association for support and assistance
    to families concerned with 22q11.2 Microdeletion Syndrome
  • 22q11 Danmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • England Max Appeal
  • Generation 22 – FRANCE
  • 22q11 Ireland Support Group
  • AIdel 22 – Italy
  • VCFSEF – Latin America
  • Middle East Update
  • DiGerorge Foreningen 22q11, Norway
  • Velocardiofacial syndrome in Chile
  • SWEDEN Föreningen 22q11
  • The  European  Network of the VCFS Educational Foundation
  • VCFSEF United States and Canada

 

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Schools and Education

  • The Inclusion and Learning Opportunity Project (ILOP) A brief review and a research project

 

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Speech Language

  • A cognitive approach in speech therapy

 

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Presentations categorized by author.

Accordi, Maurizio
Velocardiofacial syndrome a review of 75 cases operated by pharynoplasty

Agergaard, Peter
Detecting 22q11.2 deletions from neonatal dried blood spot samples

Altuna, Dianne
VCFSEF United States and Canada

Atzori, Paola
Frequency of psychopathology in Italian children and adolescents with 22q11 deletion: preliminary results from a follow-up multicenter study

Baldini , Antonio & Elizabeth Illingworth
Functions of TBX1: an update

Bua, Martina
Cognitive profile in 20 children with VCFS

Campbell, Linda
Social cognitive skills and visual scan paths in children and young adults with Velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Cancrini, Caterina
Clinical features of a large cohort of  22q11.2 deletion syndrome: an Italian multicentre study preliminary Results

Cancrini, Caterina
Relevance of humoral immune response in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Capelli, M.
Clinical and immunological aspects in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Follow-up survey in the first years of life

Debbané, Martin
Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychological, behavioral and psychiatric difficulties in VCFS

Digilio, M.Cristina
Growth and Feeding

Eliez, Stephan
Brain development in VCFS: a longitudinal study

Eliez, Stephan
The  European  Network of the VCFS Educational Foundation

Ferrero, G.B.
Clinical manifestations in a cohort of 48 patients with 22q11 deletion
syndrome

Gentile, Maurizio
The Inclusion and Learning Opportunity Project (ILOP) A brief review
and a research project

Giersch, Anne
Local form discrimination: a visual impairment in VCFS

Gothelf, Doron                                  
Psychiatric Disorders in VCFS Throughout Development

Guillietta Cafiero                            
AIdel 22 – Italy

Guilmatre, Audrey                     
Mental retardation and psychosis in VCFS From the 22q11 deletion to
hyperprolinemia

Hayakawa, Toko                              
Present State of VCFS treatments in Japan

Kushner, Stuart F.                           
Better Medicines for Children. Practical Challenges in Drug Development

Larsson, RoseMarie 
                       

Sweden Föreningen 22q11

Marino, Bruno                                        
Cardiac defects: Diagnosis and treatment

Marrinan, Eileen M.
                      

Neuroanatomic and Behavioral Correlates of Language Function in VCFS

Menghini, D.                                     
Neuropsychological profile of Italian children with VCFS

Ottet, Marie-Christine                  
Scanpath variation in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome during the
Benton Visual Retention Test

Paloscia, Marta                                 
A cognitive approach in speech therapy

Repetto, Gabriela                            
Velocardiofacial syndrome in Chile

Ruga, Ezia Maria                             
VCFS and congenital heart defects: length of postoperative
hospitalization

Russell, Steve                                    
Australia and the Pacific Rim

Sarda, Pierre                                     
Clinical and biological data of a cohort of 81 patients with VCFS

Scordo M.R.                                        
Psychopathologic aspects and features in children and adolescents with 22q.11.2 deletion syndrome: Preliminary results of a study on 16 patients

Schneider, Maude                           
Impact of emotion on reality monitoring performance in VCFS

Shprintzen, Robert J.                     
Feeding, weight gain, and failure-to-thrive

Stagi, Stefano                                    
Thyroid function and morphology in VCFS

Trejo, Deborah                                 
The State of Texas (USA) passes the first legislation specifically
related to VCFS

Van Aken K.                                       
Movement timing in primary school children with the Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (VCFS) and age-and IQ-matched controls.

Weinbergr, Ronnie                        
Middle East Update

Wootton, Julie                                   
England Max Appeal

Ysunza, A.                                           
Velopharyngeal Surgery in VCFS

Ysunza, Tony                                    
VCFSEF – Latin America

 

 

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