Williams Syndrome

Williams Syndrome: Introduction

Williams Syndrome: Williams syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by physical and development problems. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology) ... more about Williams Syndrome.

Williams Syndrome: A syndrome characterised by mental retardation, facial abnormalities and emotional instability. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Williams Syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Williams Syndrome

• Physical problems
• Developmental problems
• Impulsive personality
• Excessively social personality
• Limited spatial skills
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 88 symptoms of Williams Syndrome

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Williams Syndrome:

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Williams Syndrome: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Williams Syndrome:

• Hypertension
• Progressive joint limitations
• Recurrent urinary tract infections
• Gastrointestinal problems
• Obesity
• Chronic constipation
• Diverticulosis
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Williams Syndrome

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Less Common Symptoms of Williams Syndrome

• Eyes close together
• Amblyopia
• Strabismus
• Refractive errors
• Tortuosity of retinal vessels
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 16 occasional symptoms of Williams Syndrome

Wrongly Diagnosed with Williams Syndrome?

• Misdiagnosis of Williams Syndrome
• Failure to diagnose Williams Syndrome
• Undiagnosed: Williams Syndrome

Williams Syndrome: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

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• Stroke
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Williams Syndrome: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - ADHD can be undiagnosed in adults.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Williams Syndrome

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease,...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The condition goes by...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such as Alzheimer's...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but...read more »

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Williams Syndrome: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Stroke & Vascular Specialists:
  • Vascular Neurology (Brain Blood Vessels)
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Vascular Surgery (Blood Vessel Surgeon)
  • Neuropathology (Brain Diagnostics)
• Senior Health Specialists (Geriatrics):
  • Geriatric Medicine (Senior Health Specialist)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Senior Mental Health)
• more specialists...»

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Williams Syndrome: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Williams Syndrome

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Treatments for Williams Syndrome

• Symptomatic and supportive
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News Archives for Williams Syndrome

Medical news articles related to Williams Syndrome include:

• Surgery Unneeded in Most Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Cases
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Williams Syndrome

Medical research articles related to Williams Syndrome include:

• Is gluten in the diet necessary for the coeliac antibody screen?
• Coronary Heart Disease and People with Learning Disabilities
• Mental Retardation (Diagnosis)
• Myocardial Infarction in Childhood (Overview)
• Hypercalcemia (Overview)
• Hydrops Fetalis (Overview)
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Williams Syndrome

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Prognosis for Williams Syndrome

Prognosis for Williams Syndrome: Variable. Depends on level of mental impairment.

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Reseach about Williams Syndrome

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Clinical Trials for Williams Syndrome

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Williams Syndrome include:

• Study of Phenotype and Genotype Correlations in Patients With Contiguous Gene Deletion Syndromes - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Vitamin D Metabolism and the Williams Syndrome - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vitamin D
• more trials...»

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Statistics for Williams Syndrome

• Medical statistics for Williams Syndrome
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Williams Syndrome
• Death and Mortality statistics for Williams Syndrome
• Society statistics for Williams Syndrome

Williams Syndrome: Broader Related Topics

• Brain conditions
• Genetic Disease
• more types...»

Types of Williams Syndrome

Stories from Users Related to Williams Syndrome

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• hypercalcemia + ibs
• Aortic Stenosis
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User Interactive Forums

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Article Excerpts about Williams Syndrome

Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)

Williams syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by physical and development problems. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

NINDS Williams Syndrome Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

Williams syndrome is a rare, congenital (present at birth) disorder characterized by physical and developmental problems including an impulsive and outgoing (excessively social) personality, limited spatial skills and motor control, and intellectual disability (i.e., developmental delay, learning disabilities, mental retardation, or attention deficit disorder). (Source: excerpt from NINDS Williams Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Williams Syndrome:

A multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome with a complex phenotype and age-related variability of expression. Typical facial appearance (elfin facies) is the most characteristic feature of this syndrome. Delayed growth, feeding difficulty, failure to thrive, colic, otitis media, and mental retardation are the early symptoms in infancy. Developmental disabilities and cardiovascular complications become apparent later in childhood. Hypertension, gastrointestinal problems, and genitourinary disorders usually complicate adult development. The phenotype may overlap with hypercalcemia with or without mental retardation and supravalvular aortic stenosis with or without mental retardation. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A rare congenital disorder associated with deletion of genetic material in chromosome 7; characterized by mental deficiency and some growth deficiency and elfin faces but an overly social personality and a remarkable gift for vocabulary - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Williams Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Williams Syndrome, or a subtype of Williams Syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)