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Neurocognitive, adaptive, and behavioral functioning of individuals with Costello syndrome: a review.
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics - 15 May 2011
Axelrad Marni E, Schwartz David D, Katzenstein Jennifer M, Hopkins Elizabeth, Gripp Karen W
Abstract excerpt
Costello syndrome is a rare rasopathy resulting from germline mutations of the proto-oncogene HRAS. Its phenotype includes severe failure-to-thrive, cardiac abnormalities, a predisposition to benign and malignant tumors, hypotonia, and developmental delay. Costello syndrome is associated with cognitive impairment, including intellectual functioning generally in the mild to moderate range of disability,...
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