Challenges in clinical diagnosis of Williams-Beuren syndrome in sub-Saharan Africans: Case reports from Cameroon

Molecular Syndromology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 287-292

  Tekendo Ngongang, Cedrik ^a,c   Dahoun, Sophie ^b   Nguefack, Seraphin ^a   Gimelli, Stefania ^b   Sloan Béna, Frédérique ^b   Wonkam, Ambroise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Clinical diagnosis; Sub Saharan Africans; Williams Beuren syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAMEROON; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FACE DYSMORPHIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 84919823275     PISSN: 16618769     EISSN: 16618777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000369421     Document Type: Article

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