{"id":10,"date":"2010-11-27T05:31:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T05:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2014-04-13T06:33:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T06:33:01","slug":"vcfs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"VCFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bob-and-Linda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1284\" title=\"Bob and Linda\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bob-and-Linda-300x270.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bob-and-Linda-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communipartner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bob-and-Linda-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communipartner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Bob-and-Linda.jpg 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Velo-cardio-facial Syndrome (VCFS) is one of the most common genetic disorders in humans.\u00a0 With an estimated human population prevalence of 1:2000, Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) is the second-most common multiple anomaly syndrome in humans.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">VCFS \u00a0is also known as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome or Shprintzen Syndrome. \u00a0Individuals with VCFS may have a variety of clinical findings but typically have cleft palate, heart abnormalities and learning disabilities. \u00a0The vast majority of children with the syndrome have speech and language impairments that are generally recognized to be complex and difficult to treat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. D\u2019Antonio had been a long-time colleague of Dr. Robert Shprintzen for whom the syndrome is often named.\u00a0 Because of her close collegial relationship with Dr. Shprintzen, Dr. D\u2019Antonio became familiar with VCFS long before many clinicians believed that there was such a diagnostic entity.\u00a0 As a result, she has had many years of experience and extensive clinical expertise diagnosing and treating speech disorders associated with VCFS.\u00a0 Her work with VCFS has led to seminal research on the speech disorders associated with VCFS and she has written many scholarly papers and chapters on the topic and \u00a0has spoken at many professional meetings on various aspects of the syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. D\u2019Antonio is a member of the panel of experts for the Virtual Center for Velo-Cardi-Facial Syndrome.\u00a0 This center is an internet based charitable organization that provides internet based information for individuals whose lives have been touched by the syndrome who are seeking information regarding research and clinical management.\u00a0 There is no charge for these services which are funded by charitable donations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nVirtual Center for Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcfscenter.com\/Home.html\">http:\/\/www.vcfscenter.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Velo-Cardio-Facial Educational Foundation \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcfsef.org\/\">http:\/\/www.vcfsef.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/?cat=35\">Click here<\/a> for some of Dr. D\u2019Antonio\u2019s writings on VCFS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velo-cardio-facial Syndrome (VCFS) is one of the most common genetic disorders in humans.\u00a0 With an estimated human population prevalence of 1:2000, Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS) is the second-most common multiple anomaly syndrome in humans. &nbsp; VCFS \u00a0is also known as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome or Shprintzen Syndrome. \u00a0Individuals with VCFS may have a variety of clinical findings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1712,"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communipartner.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}