Specific language impairment in children with velocardiofacial syndrome: Four case studies

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-195

  Goorhuis brouwer, Siena M ^a   Dikkers, Frederik G ^a   Robinson, Peter H ^a   Kerstjens frederikse, Wilhelmina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental dysarthria; Developmental dysphasia; Phonological programming deficit syndrome; Shprintzen syndrome; Specific language impairment; Velocardiofacial syndrome; Verbal dyspraxia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FACIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SPEECH DISORDERS; SYNDROME; TONSILLITIS; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037338613     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2003)040<0190:SLIICW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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