Article
Developmental trajectories of young girls with fragile x syndrome.
American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities - 1 May 2009
Hatton Deborah D, Wheeler Anne, Sideris John, Sullivan Kelly, Reichardt Alison, Roberts Jane, Clark Renee, Bailey Donald B
Abstract excerpt
To describe the early phenotype of girls with full mutation fragile X, we used 54 observations of 15 girls between the ages of 6 months and 9 years to examine developmental trajectories as measured by the Battelle Development Inventory. In this sample, autistic behavior was associated with poorer developmental outcomes, primarily due to interactions of age with autistic behavior, even though autistic behavior,...
Topics
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Age Factors
- Analysis of Variance
- Autistic Disorder
- Child
- Child Development
- Child, Preschool
- Cognition
- Female
- Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Humans
- Infant
- Mutation
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phenotype
- Social Behavior