Velo-cardio-facial syndrome: A distinctive behavioral phenotype

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-147

  Shprintzen, Robert J ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome 22, 22q11.2; Language impairment; Learning disabilities; Psychiatric illness; Speech disorders; Velo cardio facial syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BEHAVIOR; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034096320     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2779(2000)6:2<142::AID-MRDD9>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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