Family Patterns of Developmental Dyslexia Part III: Spelling Errors as Behavioral Phenotype

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 378-386

  Wolff, Peter H ^a   Melngailis, Ilze ^a,b   Kotwica, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphonetic spelling; Familial dyslexia; Impaired temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTOR COORDINATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; READING; SPEECH; VOICE DISORDERS; WRITING;

EID: 0029821886     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960726)67:4<378::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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