Genomic Imprinting Effects on Cognitive and Social Abilities in Prepubertal Girls with Turner Syndrome
Author(s) -
JeanFrançois Lepage,
David S. Hong,
Joachim Hallmayer,
Allan L. Reiss
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-2916
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , psychology , developmental psychology , imprinting (psychology) , cognition , genomic imprinting , neuropsychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , turner syndrome , clinical psychology , genetics , neuroscience , dna methylation , biology , endocrinology , gene expression , gene
Recent evidence suggests that the cognitive and social manifestations associated with Turner syndrome (TS) might be influenced by epigenetic factors in the form of genomic imprinting. However, due to small and heterogeneous samples, inconsistent results have emerged from these studies.
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