Williams syndrome: An overview of medical, cognitive, and behavioral features

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 929-943

  Pober, B R ^a   Dykens, E M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; REVIEW; TOOTH MALFORMATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0029805704     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1056-4993(18)30341-9     Document Type: Review

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