Williams syndrome: Its clinical aspects and molecular bases;Síndrome de Williams: Aspectos clínicos y bases moleculares

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages

  Antonell, A ^a   Del Campo, M ^a   Flores, R ^a   Campuzano, V ^a   Pérez Jurado, Luis Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal models; Deletion; Haploinsufficiency; Segmental duplications; Unequal recombination; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

AORTA STENOSIS; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFANT DISEASE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 34247398357     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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