Language development in children and adolescents with Down syndrome

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-312

  Chapman, Robin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Language development; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030827611     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:4<307::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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