Williams syndrome: From genotype through to the cognitive phenotype

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-171

  Donnai, Dian ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

7q11.23 deletion; Cognitive profile; Elastin; LIM Kinase 1; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; LIM KINASE 1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; FACIES; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0033659013     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(200022)97:2<164::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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