Normal cognitive functions in Joubert syndrome

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 287-290

  Poretti, A ^a   Dietrich Alber, F ^a   Brancati, F ^b,c   Dallapiccola, B ^b,d   Valente, E M ^b,e   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome; cognition; Joubert syndrome

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JOUBERT SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77954813442     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249630     Document Type: Article

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