Language abilities in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, reading disabilities, and normal controls

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-144

  Purvis, Karen L ^a   Tannock, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; language abilities; narratives; reading disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEMANTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0030888131     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025731529006     Document Type: Article

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