22q 11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS; Online Mendelian inheritance in man #192430) also known as velocardiofacial or DiGeorge syndrome, is a genetic disorder resulting from a hemizygous microdeletion of the long arm of chromosome 22. It has an estimated prevalence of 1 out of 4000 live births and results in a heterogeneous clinical presentation that is irrespective of deletion size and can be asso...

The aim of this case report was to evaluate the psychiatric co-morbidity and efficacy of mirtazapine treatment in young subjects with chronic or cyclic vomiting syndromes. This is a case series of 8 young subjects (age range of 6-16 years, 11.12 ± 3.52 years) who were referred or consulted to child psychiatry department. They were referred or consulted by pediatric gastroenterology or surgery d...