Fragile X syndrome: Clinical, electroencephalographic and neuroimaging characteristics

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-23

  Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   Camargo, Edwaldo E ^a   Kato, Mery ^a,b   Marques De Faria, Antonia P ^a   Ciasca, Sylvia M ^a   Guerreiro, Carlos A M ^a   Menezes Netto, Jose R ^a,b   Moura Ribeiro, Maria Valeriana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autism; Fragile X syndrome; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032012318     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1998000100003     Document Type: Article

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