Is there a core neuropsychiatric phenotype in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-137

  Baker, Kate ^a   Vorstman, Jacob A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

22q11 deletion syndrome; Anxiety; Attention; Autism; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84859752924     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e328352dd58     Document Type: Review

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