Presence of autism, hyperserotonemia, and severe expressive language impairment in Williams-Beuren syndrome

Molecular Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tordjman, Sylvie ^a,b   Anderson, George M ^c   Cohen, David ^d   Kermarrec, Solenn ^a   Carlier, Michèle ^e   Touitou, Yvan ^f   Saugier Veber, Pascale ^g   Lagneaux, Céline ^h   Chevreuil, Claire ^a   Verloes, Alain ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^g ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

7q11.23; Autistic disorder; Gene environment interactions; Gene phenotype correlations; Genetic background; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTEVERTED NOSTRIL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FACIES; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERSEROTONEMIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONG PHILTRUM; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REM SLEEP; SEGMENTAL DUPLICATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; UNSTEADY GAIT; URINARY EXCRETION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84882525747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-4-29     Document Type: Article

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