A candidate phenotype for familial dyslexia

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages 21-27

  Wolff, Peter H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phenotype; Familial dyslexia; Motor speech; Timing precision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; READING; SPEECH; WRITING;

EID: 0032712298     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050123     Document Type: Article

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