Clinical Trial: Research on the Molecular Mechanism of Cognitive Differences Between Williams Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder

U.S., April 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07509879) titled 'Research on the Molecular Mechanism of Cognitive Differences Between Williams Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder' on Jan. 23.

Brief Summary: Williams Syndrome (WS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, usually caused by microdeletions of approximately 26 genes in the long arm (7q11.23) region of chromosome 7. Children with this syndrome often exhibit distinctive facial features, mild to moderate intellectual disability, impaired spatial cognition, pronounced social extraversion, and relatively reserved language-expression characteristics. Although individuals with WS often demonstrate strong social interest and prosocial behavio...