Neurocognitive, adaptive, and behavioral functioning of individuals with Costello syndrome: A review

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-122

  Axelrad, Marni E ^a   Schwartz, David D ^a   Katzenstein, Jennifer M ^b   Hopkins, Elizabeth ^c   Gripp, Karen W ^c,d  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d University of Philadelphia   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive skills; Cognitive function; Costello syndrome; Neuropsychology; Rasopathies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COSTELLO SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; STEM CELL; STRESS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COSTELLO SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955012038     PISSN: 15524868     EISSN: 15524876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30299     Document Type: Article

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