In Marshall-Smith syndrome, recently associated with a mutation in the gene NFIX, intellectual disability is often linked to particular psychiatric problems and specific alterations of cognitive functions. Is it possible that there is a relationship between the cognitive phenotype and psychiatric symptoms?
On the 9th and 10th of November 2011 the annual gathering of researchers belonging to the special interest group on the Quality of Life of the International Association for Scientific Studies of Intellectual Disabilities will be held. The CREA site anticipates some content.