Infant attentional behaviours as prognostic indicators in Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome.
BACKGROUND
Cornelia-de-Lange syndrome is a rare congenital syndrome with poor social relatedness as one of several characteristics of its behavioural phenotype.


METHODS
Video observations were collected from seven children in their first year of life and again with age 2-4 years. Data were analysed for distribution of object-related and social attention and for relationships between early and later observations.


RESULTS
The findings suggest some inter-individual stability for social relatedness.


CONCLUSIONS
Low frequency of eye-contact in early interaction may serve as a risk factor. Intensive early interaction is recommended in early stimulation programmes.
Sarimski
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University of Special Education, Heidelberg, Germany. sarimski@ph-heidelberg.de
D001288:Attention; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003635:De Lange Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012919:Social Behavior