Three young children with Smith-Magenis syndrome: Their distinct, recognisable behavioural phenotype as the most important clinical symptoms

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-110

  Willekens, D ^a,b   De Cock, P ^a   Fryns, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTER FOR HUMAN GENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

17p11.2 deletion; Behavioural phenotype; Smith Magenis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 17P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; NOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SMITH MAGENIS SYNDROME; SPEECH THERAPY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0034086132     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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