Infantile spasms in two children with Williams syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-56

  Tsao, Chang Y ^a,b   Westman, Judith A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cniidren's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastin gene; Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 7Q; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; ELASTIN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0030971122     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970711)71:1<54::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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