Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Impaired visuospatial constructive cognition
HP:0010794
What it means
Reduced ability affecting mainly visuospatial cognition which may be tested using pattern construction (for example by Differential Ability Scales, which test a person's strengths and weaknesses across a range of intellectual abilities).
The ability to see an object or picture as a set of parts and then to construct a replica of the original from these parts is known as visuospatial constructive cognition. Impaired visuospatial constructive cognition is one of the characteristic featrues of most patients with Williams-Beuren Syndrome.
Rare diseases that can present with this18
Common30–79%
6Sometimes5–29%
12- 7q11.23microduplication syndrome
- Autosomal recessive cerebelloparenchymal disorder type 3
- CADASIL
- Childhood absence epilepsy
- Early-onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes
- Huntington disease
- Leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement-high lactate syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 due to NF1 mutation or intragenic deletion
and 4 more in this range
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