Language and communication in fragile X syndrome

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-322

  Abbeduto, Leonard ^a,b   Hagerman, Randi Jenssen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Fragile X syndrome; Language; Speech

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMITATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 0030812568     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:4<313::AID-MRDD6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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