Frontal Lobe Function and Executive Skills in Children with Turner's Syndrome

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-363

  Temple, Christine M ^a   Carney, Rebecca A ^a   Mullarkey, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001471406     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565649609540657     Document Type: Article

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