Early development in Williams syndrome

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Tsai, Sen Wei ^a,b   Wu, Shyi Kuen ^b,c   Liou, Ying Ming ^d   Shu, San Ging ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Motor development; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYLEY II TEST; BRUININKS OSERETSKY TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR RETARDATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 40949111091     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02563.x     Document Type: Article

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