Article
Behavioural and cognitive phenotypes in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): the link with the neurobiological level.
Brain & development - 1 Jan 2011
Hachon Caroline, Iannuzzi Stéphanie, Chaix Yves
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most frequent monogenetic disorder encountered in children. Approximately 50% of children with NF1 develop learning disabilities notably for reading. Understanding the reasons of reading impairment in this context may lead to improve therapeutic methods in NF1 and more generally in reading developmental disorders. An interesting challenge is to disentangle the...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavior
- Cognition
- Cognition Disorders
- Dyslexia
- Humans
- Learning Disabilities
- Neurofibromatosis 1
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phenotype
