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 | | The purpose of a neuroanatomical analysis of Williams Syndrome (WMS) brains is to help bridge the knowledge of the genetics of this disorder with the knowledge on behavior. | | | Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantitate aortic stiffness and arterial compliance in an objective manner, as well as to determine their roles in development of hypertension, in children with Williams syndrome. | | | BACKGROUND: Pathologic studies and surgical observations of thickened aortic walls have suggested an increase in aortic stiffness in patients with Williams syndrome. |
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http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/williams_syndrome.htm
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| | In most families the child with Williams syndrome is the only one to have the condition in his or her entire extended family. | | | A follow-up study of behavior and emotional problems in 53 young people with Williams syndrome 5 years after first assessment found substantial persistence in the overall level of behavior and emotional problems. | | | A study examined the influence of background noise on levels of problem behavior and pain behavior under functional analysis conditions for a 5-year-old with Williams syndrome and hyperacusis. |
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http://ericec.org/faq/williams.html
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| | Different Minds, an article about Williams Syndrome |
| | Williams patients often have amazingly high blood pressure -- 270/120 isn't unheard of, and 160/110 is the norm, even in children. | | | One brain structure that does seem to be affected differently in Williams and Down syndrome is the cerebellum, which is located at the back of the skull and is responsible for the coordinated control of movement, among other things. | | | People who have Williams syndrome all look odd in the same way, and that can make a convention of them seem a bit like a family reunion. |
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http://nasw.org/finn/ws.html
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| | Also, thanks must be given to the individuals who have participated in Williams syndrome research for their commitment to the research as well as giving generously of their time. | | | Einfeld SL, Tonge BJ, Rees VW (2001) Longitudinal course of behavioral and emotional problems in Williams syndrome. | | | Einfeld SL, Tonge BJ, Florio T (1997) Behavioral and emotional disturbance in individuals with Williams syndrome. |
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http://www.geneclinics.org/profiles/williams/details.html
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| | Special Child: Disorder Zone Archives - Williams Syndrome |
| | It is not a familial condition (it does not run in families) and is not a result of medical, environmental, or psychosocial factors; it is a random happening and the risk of parents having another child with WS is no greater than the original risk. | | | They thought at first she had Marshall-Smith syndrome which comes with an average life span of 18 months, so we went through the devastation of thinking our baby would die at an early age. | | | By talking to parents on the Internet listserv (which has saved my sanity, since I am pretty much housebound and unable to go to therapy sessions!), I have become aware of how severe Rachel’s medical issues are compared to the average Williams syndrome child. |
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http://www.specialchild.com/archives/dz-004.html
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| | Wisconsin Medical Society - Williams Syndrome and Savant Syndrome |
| | Equally as striking, in contrast to the usual behavioral handicaps of autism, is the extremely out-going, friendly, polite, expressive social skills that Williams Syndrome persons show. | | | This article explores the research significance of the concurrence of the two disorders and provides an excellent overview of the condition. | | | Moreover, due to the rapidly changing nature of the law and our reliance on information provided by outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content at this site or at other sites to which we link. |
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http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/willsynd.cfm
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| | WILLIAMS SYNDROME : Contact a Family - for families with disabled children: information on rare syndromes and disorders |
| | Despite their relatively good verbal and social skills, most adults with Williams syndrome are unable to live independently and require ongoing support and supervision in everyday activities. | | | In contrast, they are often clumsy and have difficulties in the integration of visual- spatial information and in sequencing and constructional tasks. | | | This is an extract from The Contact a Family Directory which has information on hundreds of conditions affecting both children and adults. |
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http://www.cafamily.org.uk/Direct/w15.html
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| | CBS News A Very Special Brain July 28, 2004 16:09:19 |
| | “The opportunity to study an individual with Williams Syndrome is exciting. | | | In Ben’s short life, he’s already been through five major surgeries to correct heart and spinal problems — problems that can be common for people with Williams. | | | Support and advocacy for individuals with handicapping conditions. |
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/06/60II/main591710.shtml
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| | eMedicine - Williams Syndrome : Article by Lennox Huang, MD |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | Greer MK, Brown FR 3rd, Pai GS, et al: Cognitive, adaptive, and behavioral characteristics of Williams syndrome. | | | Some adults with WS require the daily care of parents or caregivers; however, others may live with less supervision and care. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2439.htm
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| | Williams |
| | Teaching "self calming" and relaxation techniques to preadolescent and adolescent children may be of benefit, especially if music tapes are used. | | | Therefore, physical therapy or at least passive range of motion exercises at home are strongly recommended | | | Williams syndrome is a condition that occurs in 1/20,000 births. |
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http://www.unr.edu/med/dept/Genetics/Williams.html
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| | Mary's Williams Syndrome Web Site |
| | Her low muscle tone is what I mainly contribute to her delays in walking and speech, my efforts now, I hope, will help Mary develop proper posture and strength to avoid some of the other common anomalies afflicting those with Williams Syndrome, such as contractures and premature arthritis. | | | Maybe you are wondering what changes your own family may adjust to, or maybe you would like to share in the many similarities our Williams children have. | | | Williams Syndrome is a genetic condition which causes many medical and developmental challenges. |
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | All medical information needs to be carefully reviewed with your health care provider. | | | DISCLAIMER: NOAH is an information guide only and cannot answer personal health-related or research questions. | | | NOAH > Genetic Diseases > Specific Conditions > Williams Syndrome |
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http://www.noah-health.org/en/genetic/conditions/william.html
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| | Stanford Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory: Williams Syndrome |
| | In particular, we have focused our structural and functional MRI assessing the neural systems unerlying visual and emotion processing as key elements in understanding the neural basis of the unusual cognitive and behavioral features associated with this disorder.These are presented in the functional MRI studies (see link below). | | | The Williams Syndrome Program Project—Bridging Cognition and Gene—links together cognitive functions, their underlying neurobiological bases, and their molecular genetic underpinnings, using Williams Syndrome (WMS) as a model. | | | Williams syndrome is a rare genetic disorder occurring 1 in approximately 25,000 live births. |
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http://spnl.stanford.edu/disorders/williams.htm
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| | Children's Heart Institute Heart Picture Gallery: Williams Syndrome Facial Features |
| | This condition is very important to the cardiologist because by recognizing certain facial features he may make the conclusion that there is a cardiac problem associated with them. | | | Williams Syndrome was first described in 1965 by doctor Williams and his collegues. | | | Next we will take a look at the cardiac conditions associated with Williams Syndrome. |
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http://www.childrenheartinstitute.org/educate/gallery/williams.htm
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| | The DRM WebWatcher: Williams Syndrome |
| | The home page of the Williams Syndrome Foundation, this extensive site provides a wide range of information about the medical and genetic aspects of WS, behavior and music, family issues, links, and much more. | | | Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic condition that can cause both cognitive and medical problems. | | | Each month, Karen Scarpelli, the parent of a child with Williams syndrome, posts new medical research and findings on Williams syndrome which appear in the MEDLINE database. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Williams syndrome |
| | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | Other treatments are individualized based on a particular patient's symptoms. | | | Coordination of treatment by a geneticist experienced with Williams syndrome can be beneficial. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001116.htm
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| | International |
| | E-mail: aisw.rm@mclink.it It exists to provide support and assistance to the families with a child affected by W.S., a network and family for adults with W.S. and to actively support research into educational, behavioural, social and medical aspects of the syndrome. | | | The association's other goals are to locate those families with an individual with Ws who are unaware of the association and to become a visible group in the medical, scientific, educational and professional communities in order to facilitate referrals for these newly diagnosed individuals. | | | It exists to provide support and assistance to families with a child affected by Williams Syndrome, a network and "family" for adults with Williams syndrome and to actively support research into educational, behavioural, social and medical aspects of the syndrome. |
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | However, the deletion can be observed using a special technique called fluorescent in situ hybridization, or FISH. | | | Because they lack the elastin protein, people with Williams Syndrome have disorders of the circulatory system, also known as vascular disorders. | | | This technique allows DNA sequences to be labeled with a fluorescent chemical (called a probe) that lights up when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. |
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http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/williams.cfm
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| | The Williams Syndrome Foundation - Home |
| | A comprehensive resource for all medical practitioners, carers, parents and teachers working with and caring for those with Williams Syndrome. | | | Like Down's Syndrome it is caused by an abnormality in chromosomes, and shows a wide variation in ability from person to person. | | | If you are a concerned new parent or relative, this section will give you all the information you may need. |
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http://www.williams-syndrome.org.uk
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| | www.ddhealthinfo.org - Medical Care Information |
| | All recommendations can be addressed through clinical examination by the primary care provider, unless otherwise noted. | | | Williams Syndrome is a multisystem neurodevelopmental disorder with physical, medical, developmental and learning implications. | | | There is a 50% chance that a child of someone with Williams Syndrome will have the disorder. |
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| | Language Log: News about brain structure in Williams Syndrome |
| | What's new in this paper is a systematic and thoughtful examination of differences in brain structure between WS subjects and controls. | | | Among the many symptoms of the syndrome are mental redardation with hypersociability, relatively spared language, and relatively spared musical abilities that sometimes rise to savant levels. | | | Second, WS subjects do not have enhanced function in other systems with thicker cortex (e.g., posterior and lateral occipital and inferior occipital-temporal regions), which subserve visuospatial functions impaired in WS. |
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| | Williams_Syndrome |
| | This site should provide sufficient information to allow you and your family physician to decide whether or not you wish your child to take the test as a diagnostic for Williams syndrome. | | | Guidelines for Psychological Assessment of Young Children with Williams Syndrome | | | This is a very useful resource for professionals who will be assessing children with Williams syndrome. |
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| | WSFSG Web page |
| | To increase awareness and understanding of WS among the medical and teaching professions and the general public | | | Williams Syndrome is a rare genetic condition, which is thought to occur in approximately 1 in 20,000 births. | | | Individuals with Williams Syndrome may have medical, developmental and educational problems. |
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http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wsfsg
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | Here is a list of responses that have been posted to this article... | | | Williams Syndrome, Help is there (5/28/96) 5:06 PM | | | My 3 year old grandson has been diagnosed with Williams |
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http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/GeneralFeedbackArticles/WilliamsSyndrome.html
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | Ryan is In a Self Help Skills class in Highland Park Elem. | | | He learned to talk at age 4 1/2.The use of the PECS program helped allot. | | | We all need friends at times like this, especially ones that can relate |
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4166/WS.html
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| | Williams Syndrome / Family Village Library |
| | Sharing information with other other parents, and with individuals with Williams syndrome, is an extremely valuable experience. | | | They encourage networking among families and list of area families are provided. | | | They publish the, Heart To Heart, newsletter three times a year, this is included in membership fees and have a brochure that offers facts about Williams Syndrome. |
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http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_will.htm
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| | We have set up this website to share our experiences with Williams Syndrome through our daughter Sereena Celeste. | | | Since we set up this website Sereena has also been diagnosed with Autism and over the course of changing our site we will be adding information and links about Autism | | | Anybody who needs information, or advice we will help you as much as we can just follow the email links on the site. |
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http://www.geocities.com/williamssyndrome
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | A "syndrome" is a medical condition that is categorized by a multitude of symptoms. | | | People with Williams Syndrome have a unique pattern of emotional, physical and mental strengths and weaknesses. | | | Some of the problems associated with Williams syndrome can be treated. |
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http://www.mamashealth.com/syndrome/willsyn.asp
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| | Williams syndrome |
| | Williams syndrome may be undiagnosed, which means that many people with the disorder fail to get the support and treatment they need until later in life. | | | Topics > Health conditions > Genetic issues > Other conditions > Williams syndrome. | | | Williams syndrome often goes undiagnosed, which means that many people with Williams syndrome fail to get the support and treatment they need until later in life. |
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http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Williams_syndrome?open
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| | Williams syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Williams shares some features with autism, although persons with Williams syndrome generally possess very good social skills, to the point that this condition is sometimes called "cocktail party syndrome". | | | This problem is caused by a slight defect in the brain that creates a sparsity of tissue in the visual systems of the brain. | | | Additionally, there is evidence that the loss of several of these genes, including CYLN2, may contribute to the unique behavioral characteristics, mental retardation, and other cognitive difficulties seen in Williams syndrome. |
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| | Williams syndrome |
| | WILLIAMS SYNDROME is a rare congenital disorder characterized by physical and development problems. | | | Although individuals with Williams syndrome may show competence in areas such as language, music and interpersonal relations, their IQs are usually low. | | | The remarkable musical and verbal abilities of individuals with Williams syndrome, and their tendency to be very sociable, has lead to the suggestion that children with Williams syndrome were an inspiration for folktales and legends, as the 'wee, magical people' were often musicians and storytellers. |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/Williams.html
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | Children with hypercalcemia can be extremely irritable and therefore may need dietary or medical treatment (2). | | | People with Williams Syndrome have extremely social personalities (2). | | | This disorder has a 50% chance of passing it on to his or her children. |
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http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f02/web1/rmoriyama.html
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| | Psychology Today: When words don't fail |
| | Syndrome as the opposite of autism; Skills and abilities of a person with Williams syndrome. | | | Discovered only in 1961, Williams syndrome (WS) afflicts about one in 25,000 children in the U.S. In a sense the syndrome is the opposite of autism: Those who have it are social savants. | | | So friendly and well-spoken are they that some wags refer to the Condition as "cocktail-party syndrome." |
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19950901-000004.html
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| | Williams Syndrome Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) |
| | There is no cure for Williams syndrome, nor is there a standard course of treatment. | | | Williams Syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by mild to moderate mental retardation or learning difficulties, a distinctive facial appearance, and a unique personality that combines overfriendliness and high levels of empathy with anxiety. | | | The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system |
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| | Williams Syndrome :: Genetic Disorders |
| | Gourt :: Health :: Conditions and Diseases :: Genetic Disorders :: Williams Syndrome | | | Williams Syndrome Foundation: Seeks to create or enhance opportunities in education, housing, employment and recreation for people who have Williams Syndrome and other related or similar conditions. | | | Williams Syndrome: About the author's daughter, Sereena Celeste Beech, who has this syndrome. |
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http://www.gourt.com/Health/Conditions-and-Diseases/Genetic-Disorders/Williams-Syndrome.html
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| | PBS - Scientific American Frontiers:Growing Up Different:Growing Up Different - Together |
| | However, people with Williams syndrome also tend to be very verbal and extraordinarily sociable. | | | Steven: All I have to say is that to describe myself—or a person with Williams syndrome—that even when people shun you, you have to find love in yourself to be able to be happy and be able to share it with someone else. | | | You want to have a positive attitude on life, even though sometimes it can be ugly and dark. |
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http://www.pbs.org/saf/1205/features/twins.htm
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | Musculoskeletal abnormalities associated with Williams Syndrome may include depression of the breastbone (pectus excavatum), abnormal curvature of the spine (scoliosis or kyphosis), or an awkward gait. | | | Williams Syndrome may also be associated with heart (cardiac) defects, abnormally increased levels of calcium in the blood during infancy (infantile hypercalcemia), musculoskeletal defects, and/or other abnormalities. | | | Williams Syndrome, also known as Williams-Beuren Syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder characterized by growth delays before and after birth (prenatal and postnatal growth retardation), short stature, varying levels of mental deficiency, and distinctive facial abnormalities that typically become more pronounced with age. |
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http://www.bchealthguide.org/kbase/nord/nord298.htm
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| | The Williams Syndrome Association |
| | Medical and health information specific to individuals with Williams syndrome. | | | Information specific to education and individuals with Williams syndrome. |
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| | Williams Syndrome Association of Ireland |
| | Williams Syndrome is a genetic condition that occurs in approximately 1:20,000 births. | | | The Williams Syndrome Association of Ireland now runs a Music/Activity Camp each year in July or August in order to develop the musical potential of our WS people. | | | Would you like to help the Williams Syndrome Association of Ireland? |
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| | GeneReviews: Williams Syndrome |
| | GeneReviews are expert-authored, peer-reviewed, current disease descriptions that apply genetic testing to the diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling of patients and families with specific inherited conditions. | | | Your browser does not support HTML frames so you must view Williams Syndrome in a slightly less readable form. |
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| | Williams syndrome definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Williams syndrome definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms | | | Williams syndrome: A genetic disorder characterized by mild mental retardation, unique personality characteristics, unusual facial features, and cardiovascular disease. | | | The syndrome is due not merely to the loss of ELN but to contiguous gene deletion, loss of a series of adjacent genes. |
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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=21398
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| | It associates several malformations, including cardiopathy (usually supravalvular aortic stenosis), moderate mental retardation, a typical type of abnormal behavior and facial dysmorphysm. | | | Biological diagnosis is based on evidence of the microdeletion. | | | Williams syndrome is due to a microdeletion on chromosome 7. |
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http://www.orpha.net/static/GB/williams_syndrome.html
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| | Williams Syndrome |
| | Vazquez,AM; Zuberbuhler,JR; Kenny,FM (1968): Mitral insufficiency in association with the syndrome of idiopathic hypercalcemia of infancy. | | | Friedman,WF; Mills,LF (1969): The relationship between vitamin D and the craniofacial and dental anomalies of the supravalvular aortic stenosis syndrome. | | | CANBASE is the national bibliographic database of Canadian substance abuse publications. |
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| | Medcyclopaedia - Williams' syndrome |
| | Clinical presentation is with an elfin-like face (broad forehead, depressed nasal bridge, wide open mouth, pointed chin and long philtrum), mild mental retardation, idiopathic hypercalcaemia (not invariable) supravalvular aortic stenosis. | | | (J.P.C. Williams, 20th century, New Zealand cardiologist), an autosomal dominant condition. | | | Nephrocalcinosis may result because of the hypercalcaemia (Fig.1). |
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http://medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_vii/w/WILLIAMS_SYNDROME.aspx
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| | A girl with Williams syndrome, illustrating typical facial features: broad forehead, short palpebral fissures, low nasal bridge, anteverted nostrils, long filtrum, full cheeks, and relatively large and often downturned mouth. | | | An angiogram illustrating supravalvular aortic stenosis (narrowing of the ascending aorta). |
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