Clinical follow-up of young adults affected by Williams syndrome: Experience of 45 Italian patients

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-359

  Bedeschi, Maria Francesca ^a   Bianchi, Vera ^a   Colli, Anna Maria ^a   Natacci, Federica ^a   Cereda, Anna ^b   Milani, Donatella ^a   Maitz, Silvia ^b   Lalatta, Faustina ^a   Selicorni, Angelo ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELN gene; Management adult patients; Rare disease; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLADDER DIVERTICULUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOACUSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; ITALY; LORDOSIS; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOPIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; THYROID DYSGENESIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 79251474056     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33819     Document Type: Article

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