Language in mental retardation: Individual and syndromic differences, and neurogenetic variation

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-178

  Rondal, Jean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Individual variations; Language differences; Mental retardation syndromes; Neurogenetic perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035539687     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.60.3.161     Document Type: Article

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