Síndrome Williams: Una enfermedad rara con sintomatología contradictoria

Aníbal Puente Ferreras; María Paz Fernández Lozano; Jesús María Alvarado Izquierdo; Virginia Jiménez Rodríguez

Síndrome Williams: Una enfermedad rara con sintomatología contradictoria

Translated title of the contribution: Williams syndrome: A rare disease with contradictory symptomatology

Aníbal Puente Ferreras, María Paz Fernández Lozano, Jesús María Alvarado Izquierdo, Virginia Jiménez Rodríguez

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Williams syndrome (WS) is considered one of the rare or uncommon diseases. It has an incidence of a case each 20.000 live births. It is a genetic disorder, located on chromosome 7 (band 7q11.23), in 99% of cases. This genetic alteration affects the development and operation of the central nervous system. Does not exist cure for the disease but the social, emotional and cognitive symptoms can smooth. WS occurs almost exclusively in girls and exceptionally in children. The most striking feature of the WS is the discrepancy between the general intellectual functioning (mild or moderate delay) accompanied by outstanding linguistic skills, much higher than expected for their chronology and mental age. High number of cases shows cardiac and endocrine problems, sleep disturbances, selective hyperacusis and spatial cognition disorders.

Translated title of the contribution	Williams syndrome: A rare disease with contradictory symptomatology
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	217-228
Number of pages	12
Journal	Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia
Volume	43
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2011

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