Expanding the phenotypic profile of boys with 47, XXY: The impact of familial learning disabilities

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1464-1469

  Samango Sprouse, Carole A ^a,b,c   Stapleton, Emily J ^c   Mitchell, Francie L ^d   Sadeghin, Teresa ^b   Donahue, Thomas P ^c   Gropman, Andrea L ^a,d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Center for Young Children   (United States)

^c Focus Foundation   (United States)

^d Office of Research Regulatory Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Genetics; Klinefelter syndrome; Language based learning disabilities; Motor deficits; XXY

Indexed keywords

47, XXY; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL LEARNING DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; GENETICS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH DISORDER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 84899919840     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36483     Document Type: Article

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