A comparative study of cognition and brain anatomy between two neurodevelopmental disorders: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and Williams syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1034-1044

  Campbell, Linda E ^a,b   Stevens, Angela ^a   Daly, Eileen ^a   Toal, Fiona ^a,d   Azuma, Rayna ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^c   Murphy, Declan G M ^a   Murphy, Kieran C ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

22q11.2 deletion syndrome; Cognition; Magnetic resonance imaging; Velo cardio facial syndrome; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 60549084157     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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