Comorbidity of mathematics and reading deficits: Evidence for a genetic etiology

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-453

  Knopik, Valerie S ^a   Alarcón, Maricela ^a   DeFries, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Genetic correlation; Mathematics disability; Multiple regression; Reading disability; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; READING; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030758262     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025622400239     Document Type: Article

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