Language symptoms of developmental language disorders: An overview of autism, Down syndrome, fragile X, specific language impairment, and Williams syndrome

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-27

  Rice, Mabel L ^a   Warren, Steven F ^a   Betz, Stacy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 12444336849     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716405050034     Document Type: Review

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