Speed of performance of children with developmental right hemisphere syndrome and with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 264-268

  Landau, Yael E ^a   Auerbach, Judith G ^b   Gross Tsur, Varda ^a   Shalev, Ruth S ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHT HEMISPHERE SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037613825     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180040801     Document Type: Article

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