Quality Of Life in Individuals with CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder

Sameh S Morkous

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-36-5

Quality Of Life in Individuals with CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 36 (2022): Issue 0

By: Sameh S Morkous

Open Access

|Dec 2022

Abstract

Investigators from The University of Western Australia in Perth and Children’s Hospital Colorado University studied the quality of life (QOL) in children with CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD).

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