Music and language skills of children with Williams syndrome

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 154-170

  Don, Audrey J ^a,e   Schellenberg, E Glenn ^b   Rourke, Byron P ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Children's Seashore House   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MUSIC; PERFORMANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033373689     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/chin.5.3.154.7337     Document Type: Article

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