An important link has been found between the intellectual disability seen in children with Joubert Syndrome and defects in a specific part of the brain. An important link has been found between the ...

An important link has been found between the intellectual disability experienced by children with the rare disease Joubert Syndrome (JS) and defects in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is the part of ...

Simon A. Ramsbottom, Peter E. Thelwall, Katrina M. Wood, Gavin J. Clowry, Laura A. Devlin, Flora Silbermann, Helena L. Spiewak, Shirlee Shril, Elisa Molinari, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Meral Gunay-Aygun, ...

The bedside care provider may be the first to suspect that an infant has a syndrome. In addition to a sensitive and careful history and physical examination, systematic documentation of physical ...

Children with Joubert Syndrome, like the girl in the image, may face a brighter future if hippocampal defects can be addressed.

Roselyn Kanja’s son, Morgan Odero is only one of four people in Africa, and one of 600 in the world who have Joubert’s Syndrome (JS); but this has not stopped this family from relishing their bundle ...