Medical overview and genetics of Williams-Beuren syndrome

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-205

  Smoot, Leslie ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Klaiman, Cheryl ^c   Schultz, Robert ^c   Pober, Barbara ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems and outgoing personality; Chromosome 7q microdeletion; Elastin; Supravalvular aortic stenosis; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ELASTIN;

ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; BODY GROWTH; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHROMOSOME 7; COLIC; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSTIPATION; COUNSELING; DENTITION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEEDING DISORDER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HERNIA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHOBIA; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SOLITARY KIDNEY; SPEECH THERAPY; STRENGTH; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THREAT; TWIN DISCORDANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 21744431998     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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