Specific language impairment as the prominent feature in a patient with a low-level trisomy 21 mosaicism

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-405

  Paoloni Giacobino, A ^a   Lemieux, N ^b   Lemyre, E ^c   Lespinasse, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Language impairment; Mosaicism; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MOSAICISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KARYOTYPING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LYMPHOCYTE; ORAL BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MOSAICISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33947695676     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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