Eyes: A New Window on Mental Disorders

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Clues about autism, Williams syndrome and the social brain come from tracking eye movements. This method may be useful, researchers say, because it is not necessary for the participant to understand or even know what the researcher is doing.

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Dysgerminoma in three patients with Swyer syndrome

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"In Patients with Swyer syndrome the risk of dysgerminoma is high and gonadectomy is recommended. Also 5% of dysgerminomas are discovered in phenotypic female and 46 XY karyotype, thus in adolescent with dysgerminoimas and amenorrhea, karyotype should be done."

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Williams Syndrome Across Cultures

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. The concept of "DNA as fate" quickly breaks down - it's been long accepted that both genes and the environment shape human behavior. Williams syndrome to provide clues to some of the mysteries of the genetic basis of behavior. Despite the differences in upbringing, in both countries children with Williams syndrome were rated significantly higher in global sociability and their tendency to approach strangers than were their typically developing counterparts. The research were settled on two vastly differing environments: the United States and Japan,

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