Autistic disorder in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome: A reconsideration of the Williams-Beuren syndrome phenotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tordjman, Sylvie ^a,b   Anderson, George M ^c   Botbol, Michel ^a   Toutain, Annick ^d   Sarda, Pierre ^e   Carlier, Michèle ^f   Saugier Veber, Pascale ^g   Baumann, Clarisse ^c   Cohen, David ^h   Lagneaux, Céline ⁱ   Tabet, Anne Claude ⁱ   Verloes, Alain ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME 7; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857820281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030778     Document Type: Article

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