Increases in the life expectancy of people with Intellectual Disability have followed similar
trends to those found in the general population. With the exception of people with severe …

Williams–Beuren syndrome, a multisystem disorder caused by the deletion of a
chromosome region of 1.5 million to 1.8 million base pairs containing 26 to 28 genes, is a …

Behavioral Genetics, Fifth Edition provides an engaging and clear overview of human and
animal behavioral genetics that is designed to introduce students in the behavioral …

Williams syndrome (WS) is a relatively rare microdeletion disorder that occurs in as many as
1: 7,500 individuals. WS arises due to the mispairing of low-copy DNA repetitive elements at …

Williams syndrome, a rare disorder caused by hemizygous microdeletion of about 28 genes
on chromosome 7q11. 23, has long intrigued neuroscientists with its unique combination of …

The prevalence of a range of DSM‐IV psychiatric disorders in a sample of 119 4–16‐year‐
old children with Williams syndrome (WS) was assessed using a structured diagnostic …

Diverticular disease is common and has a high morbidity. Treatments are limited owing to
the poor understanding of its pathophysiology. Here, to elucidate its etiology, we performed …

Williams syndrome has been variably termed Williams–Beuren syndrome, idiopathic
hypercalcemia, and supravalvar aortic stenosis syndrome. It is estimated to occur in …

Blood vessels are dynamic structures composed of cells and extracellular matrix (ECM),
which are in continuous cross-talk with each other. Thus, cellular changes in phenotype or in …

Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a microdeletion disorder caused by heterozygous loss
of approximately 1.5-Mb pairs of DNA from chromosome 7. Patients with WBS have a …