Elevated androgen, brain development and language/learning disabilities in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-437

  Plante, Elena ^a   Boliek, Carole ^a   Binkiewicz, Anna ^a   Erly, William K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Rosemont Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029968141     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15100.x     Document Type: Article

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