Learning disorders with a special emphasis on reading disorders: A review of the past 10 years

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1020-1032

  Beitchman, Joseph H ^a   Young, Arlene R ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Learning disorder; Literature review; Phonological processing; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030876589     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199708000-00009     Document Type: Article

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