Functional and structural brain abnormalities associated with a genetic disorder of speech and language

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1215-1221

  Watkins, Kate E ^a   Gadian, David G ^b   Vargha Khadem, Faraneh ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 0033362019     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302631     Document Type: Article

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