Outcome in adult life for people with Williams syndrome - Results from a survey of 239 families

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-160

  Howlin, Patricia ^a   Udwin, O ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Child and Adolescent Mental Health Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult outcomes; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL STATUS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WORK; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 33645993909     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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