Specific neurobehavioral profile of williams' syndrome is associated with neocerebellar hemispheric preservation

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1999-2002

  Wang, Paul P ^a   Hesselink, J R ^b   Jernigan, T L ^c,d   Doherty, S ^a   Bellugi, U ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FACE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFANT; MENTAL RETARDATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNDROME;

EID: 0026794990     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.10.1999     Document Type: Article

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