Phonological short-term memory and its relationship to language in Williams syndrome

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-99

  Grant, Julia ^a,e   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Gathercole, Susan A ^b   Paterson, Sarah ^a   Howlin, Patricia ^c   Davies, Mark ^c   Udwin, Orlee ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002781893     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468097396342     Document Type: Article

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