Borderline intellectual functioning in children and adolescents: Reexamining an underrecognized yet prevalent clinical comorbidity

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-11

  Ninivaggi, Frank John ^a  

^a Devereux Glenholme School   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0035236491     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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