Klinefelter syndrome as a window on the aetiology of language and communication impairments in children: The neuroligin-neurexin hypothesis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 903-907

  Bishop, Dorothy Vm ^a   Scerif, Gaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Klinefelter syndrome; Language impairment; Neurexin; Neuroligin; Sex chromosome trisomy

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 47,XXX; KARYOTYPE 47,XYY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; HUMANS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRISOMY;

EID: 79955521397     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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