Poor verbal working memory across intellectual level in boys with Duchenne dystrophy

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2127-2132

  Hinton, V J ^a,b   De Vivo, B C ^b   Nereo, N E ^a   Goldstein, E ^c   Stern, Y ^a,b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Scottish Rite Children's Med Center ^*  (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cognitive profile; Developmental disability; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034643837     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.11.2127     Document Type: Article

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