A Comparison of Adaptive Functioning Between Children With Duplication 7 Syndrome and Williams-Beuren Syndrome: A Pilot Investigation

A Comparison of Adaptive Functioning Between Children With Duplication 7 Syndrome and Williams-Beuren Syndrome: A Pilot Investigation

Interstitial deletions of 7q11.23 cause the well-known Williams–Beuren Syndrome (WBS), while duplication of the same region leads to duplication 7 syndrome (Dup7). Children with WBS share a distinct neurobehavioral phenotype including mild to severe intellectual disability, severely impaired visual...

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Main Authors: Paolo Alfieri, Francesco Scibelli, Federica Alice Maria Montanaro, Cristina Caciolo, Paola Bergonzini, Maria Lisa Dentici, Stefano Vicari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
behavioral phenotype
language impairment
adaptive functioning
cognitive functioning
rare genetic syndrome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.863909/full

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