Williams Syndrome Research Paper

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Williams’s syndrome is a disease that affects mostly the brain and has positives as well as negatives unfortunately the negatives outnumber the positives. Williams’s syndrome is caused by the deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7 and is not inherent. There are multiple medical problems caused by Williams’s syndrome, including developmental delays such as ADD and ADHA. A cardiovascular disease called supravalvular aortic stenosis also appears frequently in people with Williams’s syndrome and it causes the large blood vessel to become narrow. Learning disabilities, anxiety and phobias are also common.
There are also positives that include an almost always positive attitude and they are extremely social with great verbal abilities. A Common

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