Dysgraphia in Children: Lasting Psychomotor Deficiency or Transient Developmental Delay?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-184

  Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^a   Van Galen, Gerard P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRAPHIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REACTION TIME;

AGRAPHIA; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031279176     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2400     Document Type: Article

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