Williams syndrome: Clinical, cytogenetic, neurophysiological and neuroanatomic features in 44 patients;Síndrome de Williams: Estudio clínico, citogenético, neurofisiológico y neuroanatómico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 631-637

  Aravena C , Teresa ^a   Castillo T , Silvia ^a   Carrasco C , Ximena ^b   Mena G , Ismael ^c   López C , Javier ^b   Rojas O , Juan P ^b   Rosemberg P , Carol ^b   Schröter G , Carolina ^b   Aboitiz D , Francisco ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cognition disorders; In situ hybridization, fluorescence; Tomography, emission computed, single photon; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COGNITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COGNITION; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0036597768     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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