Present and future possibilities for defining a phenotype for specific language impairment

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1275-1278

  Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a,b   Cooper, Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Language phenotype; Sensitive diagnostic measures; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 0032829549     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4205.1275     Document Type: Article

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