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Williams syndrome in Slovakia

✍ Scribed by Bzdúch, Vladimír

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 74 KB
Volume: 65
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19961111)65:4<366::aid-ajmg28>3.0.co;2-r

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✦ Synopsis

Slovakia is the only postcommunist country in Central Europe with a Williams Syndrome Society. Experience obtained during the 5 years of existence of the Society has clearly demonstrated its usefulness for the affected children and their families [Bzduch and Sadlofiova, 19941. The concentration of more than 30 individuals suffering from this rare disease has helped enhance clinical research on the disease.

We briefly present some results of this research that have contributed to expanding the knowledge of Williams syndrome:

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