Asynchrony of lexical and morphosyntactic development in children with Down Syndrome

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 634-644

  Vicari, Stefano ^a,b   Caselli, Maria Cristina ^a   Tonucci, Francesca ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033974590     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00110-4     Document Type: Article

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