Learning Disability Subtypes in Children with Neurofibromatosis

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 521-533

  Brewer, Vickie R ^a   Moore III, Bartlett D ^b,c   Hiscock, Merrill ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0031228268     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949703000508     Document Type: Article

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