Language skills of adolescents with Tourette Syndrome

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-33

  Legg, Carol ^a   Penn, Claire ^c   Temlett, James ^b   Sonnenberg, Beulah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; High level language testing; Tourette Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 12344308088     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200410001665270     Document Type: Article

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