Williams-Beuren syndrome in diverse populations

• Main Authors: Kruszka, Paul, Porras, Antonio R., de Souza, Deise Helena, Moresco, Angélica, Huckstadt, Victoria, Gill, Ashleigh D., Boyle, Alec P., Hu, Tommy, Addissie, Yonit A., Mok, Gary T. K., Tekendo-Ngongang, Cedrik, Fieggen, Karen, Prijoles, Eloise J., Tanpaiboon, Pranoot, Honey, Engela, Luk, Ho-Ming, Lo, Ivan F. M., Thong, Meow Keong, Muthukumarasamy, Premala, Jones, Kelly L., Belhassan, Khadija, Ouldim, Karim, El Bouchikhi, Ihssane, Bouguenouch, Laila, Shukla, Anju, Girisha, Katta M., Sirisena, Nirmala D., Dissanayake, Vajira H. W., Paththinige, C. Sampath, Mishra, Rupesh, Kisling, Monisha S., Ferreira, Carlos R., de Herreros, María Beatriz, Lee, Ni-Chung, Jamuar, Saumya S., Lai, Angeline, Tan, Ee Shien, Ying Lim, Jiin, Wen-Min, Cham Breana, Gupta, Neerja, Lotz-Esquivel, Stephanie, Badilla-Porras, Ramsés, Hussen, Dalia Farouk, El Ruby, Mona O., Ashaat, Engy A., Patil, Siddaramappa J., Dowsett, Leah, Eaton, Alison, Innes, A. Micheil, Shotelersuk, Vorasuk, Badoe, Ëben, Wonkam, Ambroise, Obregon, María Gabriela, Chung, Brian H. Y., Trubnykova, Milana, La Serna, Jorge, Gallardo Jugo, Bertha Elena, Chávez Pastor, Miguel, Abarca Barriga, Hugo Hernán, Megarbane, Andre, Kozel, Beth A., van Haelst, Mieke M., Stevenson, Roger E., Summar, Marshall, Adeyemo, A. Adebowale, Morris, Colleen A., Moretti-Ferreira, Danilo, Linguraru, Marius George, Muenke, Maximilian
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21580/; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.38672

Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a common microdeletion syndrome characterized by a 1.5Mb deletion in 7q11.23. The phenotype of WBS has been well described in populations of European descent with not as much attention given to other ethnicities. In this study, individuals with WBS from diverse popu...