Adaptive Behaviour in Angelman Syndrome: Its Profile and Relationship to Age

Autor/inn/en	Gasca, C. Brun; Obiols, J. E.; Bonillo, A.; Artigas, J.; Lorente, I.; Gabau, E.; Guitart, M.; Turk, J.
Titel	Adaptive Behaviour in Angelman Syndrome: Its Profile and Relationship to Age
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 54 (2010) 11, S.1024-1029 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-2633
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01331.x
Schlagwörter	Severe Mental Retardation; Profiles; Communication Skills; Adjustment (to Environment); Neurological Impairments; Genetic Disorders; Speech Impairments; Epilepsy; Sleep; Social Behavior; Psychomotor Skills; Language Skills; Daily Living Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Kommunikationsstil; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Epilepsie; Schlaf; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Alltagsfertigkeit
Abstract	Background: Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder usually caused by an anomaly in the maternally inherited chromosome 15. The main features are severe intellectual disability, speech impairment, ataxia, epilepsy, sleep disorder and a behavioural phenotype that reportedly includes happy disposition, attraction to/fascination with water and hypermotoric behaviour. Method: We studied the level of adaptive behaviour and the adaptive behavioural profile in the areas of "motor skills", "language and communication", "personal life skills" and "community life skills" in a group of 25 individuals with genetically confirmed AS, to determine whether there is a specific adaptive behaviour profile. Results and conclusions: None of the individuals, whatever their chronological age, had reached a developmental age of 3 years. A specific adaptive behaviour profile was found, with "personal life skills" emerging as relative strengths and "social and communication skills" as weaknesses. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10