Increased corpus callosum volume in children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is associated with neurocognitive deficits and genetic polymorphisms

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1051-1057

  Shashi, Vandana ^a,b   Francis, Alan ^c   Hooper, Stephen R ^d   Kranz, Peter G ^a   Zapadka, Michael ^b   Schoch, Kelly ^a   Ip, Edward ^b   Tandon, Neeraj ^c   Howard, Timothy D ^b   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome; corpus callosum; neurocognition; schizophrenia; velocardiofacial syndrome

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS;

EID: 84866563380     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.138     Document Type: Article

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