Emotional and behavioral profile and child psychiatric diagnosis in the childhood type of myotonic dystrophy

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-327

  Goossens, E ^a   Steyaert, J ^a   De Die Smulders, C ^a   Willekens, D ^a   Fryns, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dominant inheritance; Myotonic dystrophy; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0034535817     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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