Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 72-81 , November 2007

Developmental trajectories of brain structure in adolescents with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: A longitudinal study

  • Doron Gothelf

      Affiliations

    • The Behavioral Neurogenetics Center, Child Psychiatry Department, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Behavioral Neurogenetics Center, Department of Child Psychiatry, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan St., Petah Tiqwa 49202, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 925 3627; fax: +972 3 925 3864.
    • ,
  • Lauren Penniman

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    • ,
  • Eugene Gu

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    • ,
  • Stephan Eliez

      Affiliations

    • Service Medico-Pedagogique, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Allan L. Reiss

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

Received 1 December 2006 ,Revised 17 July 2007 ,Accepted 25 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.07.021

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 72-81 , November 2007

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