Age-related language characteristics of children and adolescents with fragile X syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-256

  Fisch, Gene S ^a   Holden, Jeanette J A ^b   Carpenter, Nancy J ^c   Howard Peebles, Patricia N ^d,e   Maddalena, Anne ^d,e   Pandya, Arti ^e   Nance, Walter ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Chapman Inst of Medical Genetics   (United States)

^d GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fragile X; Memory; Speech and language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033515498     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990402)83:4<253::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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