Language and Williams Syndrome: How Intact Is "Intact"?

Child Development

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-262

  Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^a   Grant, Julia ^a   Berthoud, Ioanna ^a   Davies, Mark ^a   Howlin, Patricia ^a   Udwin, Orlee ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 0031112264     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1131848     Document Type: Article

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