Common and specific impairments in attention functioning in girls with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion, fragile X or Turner syndromes

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Quintero, Andrea I ^a   Beaton, Elliott A ^b   Harvey, Danielle J ^c   Ross, Judith L ^d   Simon, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention networks test; Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome; Cognitive development; Developmental disorder; DiGeorge syndrome; Fragile X syndrome; Turner syndrome; Velocardiofacial syndrome; Visuospatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84899724806     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-6-5     Document Type: Article

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