Visual and visuospatial development in young children with Williams syndrome

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 330-337

  Atkinson, Janette ^a   Anker, Shirley ^b   Braddick, Oliver ^b   Nokes, Louise ^b   Mason, Alexandra ^b   Braddick, Fleur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0034999162     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2001.tb00213.x     Document Type: Article

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