Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome: Two new cases with autism spectrum disorder

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-41

  Gana, Simone ^a   Panizzon, Michela ^b   Fongaro, Daniela ^b   Selicorni, Angelo ^d   Memo, Luigi ^e   Scandurra, Valeria ^b   Vannucci, Chiara ^b   Bigozzi, Marta ^c   Scordo, Maria Rosaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ASL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; interphalangeal swelling; mental retardation; Nicolaides Baraitser syndrome; short stature; sparse hair; triangular face

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGGRESSION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COARSE FACE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIPHYSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NICOLAIDES BARAITSER SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANTY HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; STEREOTYPY; TERATOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FACIES; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPOTRICHOSIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 78650790655     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCD.0b013e32833edaa9     Document Type: Article

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