Decreased cerebellar posterior vermis size in fragile X syndrome: Correlation with neurocognitive performance

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-130

  Mostofsky, S H ^a,b   Mazzocco, M M M ^a,b   Aakalu, G ^a   Warsofsky, I S ^a   Denckla, M B ^a,b   Reiss, A L ^c  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; X CHROMOSOME ABERRATION;

EID: 0031882461     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.1.121     Document Type: Article

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