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SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, BOOKS & PERIODICALS

Aman, M.G., Novotny, S., Samango-Sprouse C.A. et al. “Outcome Measures for Clinical Drug Trials in Autism.” CNS Spectrums Vol. 9, No. 1. January 2004.

Giedd, Jay N., Clasen, L.S., Wallace, G.L., Molloy, E.A., Blumenthal, J.D., Nelson, J.E., Tossell, J.W., Staver, C., Samango-Sprouse, C.A. “XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome): A Pediatric Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.” Pediatrics, 2007

Liu, J., Nyholt, D., Magnussen, P., Parano, E., Geschwind, D. et al. “A Genomewide Screen for Autism Suspectiblity Loci.” American Journal of Human Genetics Vol. 69:327-340, July 2001.

Ross, Judith L., Samango-Sprouse, C.A., Lahlou, N., Kowal, N., Elder, F.F. Andrew, Zinn, R. “Early Androgen Deficiency in Infants and Young Boys with 47,XXY Klinefelter Syndrome.” Hormone Research 2005;64(1):39-45.

Samango-Sprouse, C.A. “Frontal Lobe Development in Childhood.“ The Human Frontal Lobe: Functions and Disorders, Eds. BL Miller, and JL Cummings, Guilford Press, New York, 1999.

Samango-Sprouse, C.A. “Frontal Lobe Development in Childhood.“ The Human Frontal Lobe: Functions and Disorders, 2nd Edition, Eds. BL Miller, and JL Cummings, Guilford Press, New York, 2007.

Samango-Sprouse, C.A. “The Mental Development in Polysomy X Klinefelter Syndrome (47 XXY; 48 XXXY): Effects of Incomplete X-Activation.” Seminars of Reproductive Medicine, Vol. 19 (No. 2) 193-202. June 2001.

Samango-Sprouse, C.A. “The Neurocognitive Profile of the Young Child with XXY”, The European Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 9, Supplement 1, May 2001. p.193.

Samango-Sprouse, C.A., and Rogol, A. “XXY: The Hidden Disability and Prototype for Infantile Presentation of Developmental Dyspraxia (IDD).” Infants and Young Children. July 2002.

Samango-Sprouse, C.A., Tsang, T. and Huddleston, J. “Further Characterization and Expansion and the Neurobehavioral Phenotype of Children with Sex Chromosome Variations." The American Journal of Human Genetics (Abstract). Vol. 17, No. 4. October 2002.

Simpson, J.L., De la Cruz, F., Swerdloff, R., Samango-Sprouse, C.A., et al. “Klinefelter Syndrome: Expanding the Phenotype and Identifying New Research Directions." Genetics in Medicine. Vol. 5, No. 6. November/December 2003.

Simpson, J.L., Graham, J.M., Samango-Sprouse, C.A., Swerdloff, R. "Klinefelter Syndrome." Management of Genetic Syndromes, 2nd Edition, Eds., Cassidy, S.B., Allanson, J.E. Wiley-Liss, Inc. 2005.

Zinn, A. R., Ramos, P., Elder, F.F., Kowal, K., Samango-Sprouse, C., Ross, J.L. “Androgen Receptor CAGn Repeat Length Influences Phenotype of 47XXY (Klinefelter) Syndrome.” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2005 Sep;90(9):5041-6.

 
                  

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OUR MISSION
The Focus Foundation is dedicated to helping children and families affected by X & Y Variations, Dyslexia, and/or Developmental Dyspraxia. The Focus Foundation believes that through increased awareness, early identification and syndrome-specific treatment, children with these conditions can reach their full potential.

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