Refining behavioral phenotypes: Personality-motivation in Williams and Prader-Willi syndromes

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-169

  Dykens, Elisabeth M ^a   Rosner, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SYNDROME; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0032818986     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0158:RBPPIW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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