Psychiatric disorders and intellectual functioning throughout development in velocardiofacial (22q11.2 deletion)

Tamar Green1, Doron Gothelf1, Bronwyn Glaser1

  • 1Drs. Green, Gothelf, Frisch, Kotler, and Weizman are with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Drs. Green and Kotler are with the Nes-Ziyyona-Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center; Dr. Gothelf is with the Behavioral Neurogenetics Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University; Drs. Glaser, Debbane, and Eliez are with the University of Geneva School of Medicine; Drs. Frisch and Weizman are with the Felsenstein Medical Research Center; Dr. Weizman is with the Geha Mental Health Center.

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