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    • Candidate gene variant effects on language disorders in Robinson Crusoe Island 
      Mountford, Hayley S.; Villanueva, Pía; Fernández, María Angélica; Barbieri, Zulema De; Cazier, Jean Baptiste; Newbury, Dianne F. (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2019)
      Background: Robinson Crusoe Island is a geographically and socially isolated settlement located over 600 km west of the Port of Valparíso, Chile. An unusually high incidence (30%) of the Chilean equivalent of developmental ...
    • Exome Sequencing in an Admixed Isolated Population Indicates NFXL1 Variants Confer a Risk for Specific ... 
      Villanueva Bianchini, Pía; Nudel, Ron; Hoischen, Alexander; Fernández, María Angélica; Simpson, Nuala H.; Gilissen, Christian; Reader, Rose H.; Jara Sosa, Lilian; Echeverry, María Magdalena; Francks, Clyde; Baird, Gillian; Conti-Ramsden, Gina; O’Hare, Anne; Bolton, Patrick F.; Hennessy, Elizabeth R.; Palomino, Hernán; Carvajal Carmona, Luis; Veltman, Joris A.; Cazier, Jean-Baptiste; Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Fisher, Simon E.; Newbury, Dianne F. (Public Library Science, 2015)
      Children affected by Specific Language Impairment (SLI) fail to acquire age appropriate language skills despite adequate intelligence and opportunity. SLI is highly heritable, but the understanding of underlying genetic ...
    • Family aggregation of language impairment in an isolated chilean population from Robinson Crusoe island 
      Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Fernández, María Angélica; Newbury, Dianne F.; Villanueva, P. (Wiley, 2018-06)
      BackgroundIt has been reported that the inhabitants of the Chilean Robinson Crusoe Island have an increased frequency of specific language impairment (SLI) or developmental language disorder (DLD). AimsTo explore the ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of genetic susceptibility to language impairment in an isolated Chilean population 
      Villanueva, Pia; Newbury, Dianne F.; Jara, Lilian; Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Mirza, Ghazala; Palamino, Hernán M.; Fernández, María Angélica; Cazier, Jean Baptiste; Monaco, Anthony P.; Palomino, Hernán (2011)
      Specific language impairment (SLI) is an unexpected deficit in the acquisition of language skills and affects between 5 and 8% of pre-school children. Despite its prevalence and high heritability, our understanding of the ...
    • The effects of reading and language intervention on literacy skills in children in a remote community: An ... 
      Mesa, Carol; Newbury, Dianne F.; Nash, Marysia; Clarke, Paula; Espósito, Rosanne; Elliott, Louise; De Barbieri, Zulema; Fernández, María Angélica; Villanueva Bianchini, Pía; Hulme, Charles; Snowling, Margaret J. (Elsevier, 2020)
      This study explored the effects of a 27-week reading and language intervention, for low-income children living in a remote Chilean community, using a randomized controlled trial. At the end of the intervention, children ...
    • The genetic population structure of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile 
      Mountford, Hayley S.; Villanueva Bianchini, Pía; Fernández Gallardo, María Angélica; Jara, Lilian; De Barbieri, Zulema; Carvajal Carmona, Luis G.; Cazier, Jean-Baptiste; Newbury, Dianne F. (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Studies examining genetic conditions common in Latin America are highly underrepresented in the scientific literature. Understanding of the population structure is limited, particularly Chile, in part due to the lack of ...