White matter microstructure in 22q11 deletion syndrome: A pilot diffusion tensor imaging and voxel-based morphometry study of children and adolescents

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-92

  Sundram, Frederick ^a,f   Campbell, Linda E ^b   Azuma, Rayna ^c   Daly, Eileen ^a   Bloemen, Oswald J N ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Chitnis, Xavier ^a   Jones, Derek K ^d   van Amelsvoort, Therese ^e   Murphy, Kieran C ^f   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

22q11DS; COMT; DTI; Psychosis; VBM; VCFS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954952173     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11689-010-9043-6     Document Type: Article

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