Visuospatial and numerical cognitive deficits in children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-155

  Simon, Tony J ^a,b   Bearden, Carrie E ^b   McDonald Mc Ginn, Donna ^b   Zackai, Elaine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Child; Chromosome 22q11.2; Enumeration; Judgment; Magnitude; Parietal lobe; VCFS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 13244253724     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70889-X     Document Type: Article

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