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ReviewAmerican journal of medical genetics. Part A2018

Neuropsychiatric expression and catatonia in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: An overview and case series.

Nancy J Butcher, Erik Boot, Anthony E Lang, Danielle Andrade, Jacob Vorstman, Donna McDonald-McGinn, Anne S Bassett

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Review in American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Genetics of catatonia: a systematic review of case reports and a gene pathway analysis.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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  6. Manifestation of Catatonia in an Adolescent With 22q11.2 Syndrome.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023
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  9. Neurological manifestation of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  13. Structure and neural mechanisms of catatonia.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2019
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  14. Catatonia and the immune system: a review.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2019
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  16. 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome-Associated Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Nancy J ButcherClinical Genetics Research Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5152-0108
Erik BootThe Dalglish Family 22q Clinic for Adults with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0593-1539
Anthony E LangMorton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Centre and Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital and the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Danielle AndradeDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jacob VorstmanDepartment of Psychiatry, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Donna McDonald-McGinnThe 22q and You Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Anne S BassettClinical Genetics Research Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0681-7279
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CAUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

3/5 International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion SyndromeU01MH101723 · NIMH · CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH · PI BASSETT, ANNE S., CHOW, EVA W. C. · 2013 to 2016
$821k
CIHR 111238CIHR 97800Dalglish Fellowship in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (EB)NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH101723University of Toronto McLaughlin Centre (ASB)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) are at elevated risk of developing treatable psychiatric and neurological disorders, including anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, seizures, and movement disorders, often beginning in adolescence or early to mid-adulthood. Here, we provide an overview of neuropsychiatric features associated with 22q11.2DS in adulthood. Results of a new case series of 13 individuals with 22q11.2DS and catatonic features together with 5 previously reported cases support a potential association of this serious psychomotor phenotype with the 22q11.2 deletion. As in the general population, catatonic features in 22q11.2DS occurred in individuals with schizophrenia, other psychotic and non-psychotic psychiatric disorders, and neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease. We place the results in the context of an updated review of catatonia in other genetic conditions. The complex neuropsychiatric expression and risk profile of 22q11.2DS highlights the need to consider co-morbid factors and provide care tailored to the individual patient. The results reinforce the need for periodic monitoring for the emergence of psychiatric and neurological manifestations including catatonic features. Pending further research, enhanced recognition and informed anticipatory care promise to facilitate the early diagnosis that allows for timely implementation and optimization of effective treatments.

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AdolescentAdultCatatoniaDiGeorge SyndromeFemaleHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedNervous System DiseasesYoung Adult22q11.2 deletion syndromecatatoniaDiGeorge syndromeneurologicalneuropsychiatricpsychosisschizophrenia

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PMCPMC6209527
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