Neurodevelopmental and behavioral issues in Williams syndrome

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-171

  Paterson, Sarah J ^a   Schultz, Robert T ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 34147219603     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-007-0087-6     Document Type: Review

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