Clinical characteristics of children referred to a child development center for evaluation of speech, language, and communication disorders

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Harel, Shaul ^a,c   Greenstein, Yoram ^a   Kramer, Uri ^a   Yifat, Rahel ^a   Samuel, Eli ^a   Nevo, Yoram ^a   Leitner, Yael ^a   Kutai, Miri ^a   Fattal, Aviva ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute for Child Development   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPEECH DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030298047     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00222-6     Document Type: Article

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