Structural brain abnormalities associated with deletion at chromosome 22q11: Quantitative neuroimaging study of adults with velo-cardio-facial syndrome

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 178, Issue MAY, 2001, Pages 412-419

  Van Amelsvoort, Therese ^a   Daly, Eileen ^b   Robertson, Dene ^b   Suckling, John ^b   Ng, Virginia ^b   Critchley, Hugo ^b   Owen, Michael J ^b   Henry, Jayne ^b   Murphy, Kieran C ^b   Murphy, Declan G M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE DELETION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOSIS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035010976     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.178.5.412     Document Type: Article

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