Spatial function in adolescents and young adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Clinical phenotype and implications for the androgen hypothesis

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-70

  Hampson, Elizabeth ^a   Rovet, Joanne F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

21 Hydroxylase deficiency; Androgen; Cognitive; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARD ROTATIONS TEST; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA SALT WASTING SUBTYPE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA SIMPLE VIRILIZING SUBTYPE; CONTROLLED ASSOCIATIONS COGNITIVE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINDING A COGNITIVE TEST; FOLLOW UP; GENDER BIAS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IDENTICAL PICTURES COGNITIVE TEST; MAKING SENTENCES COGNITIVE TEST; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL ROTATION; MENTAL ROTATIONS TEST; PERCEPTUAL SPEED; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL FLUENCY; YOUNG ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; ADULT; ANDROGENS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924479441     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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