Atypical neuropsychological profile in a boy with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-108

  Stiers, Peter ^a   Swillen, Ann ^a,b   De Smedt, Bert ^a   Lagae, Lieven ^a   Devriendt, Koen ^b   D'Agostino, Emiliano ^b   Sunaert, Stefan ^b   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome; Cerebral visual impairment; Deformation based morphometry; Learning and memory; Visual perception; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q11.2 DELETION SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION; WHITE MATTER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17144377541     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040590911220     Document Type: Article

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