Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 108-113 , 28 February 2010

Increased incidence and size of cavum septum pellucidum in children with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

  • Elliott A. Beaton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
    • UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Yufeng Qin

      Affiliations

    • UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
    • Department of Child Development, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Vy Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
    • UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Joel Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
    • UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph D. Pinter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
    • ,
  • Tony J. Simon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
    • UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Tel.: +1 916 703 0407; fax: +1 916 734 3384.

Received 3 April 2009 ,Revised 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 17 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.10.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 108-113 , 28 February 2010

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