Emerging phonological awareness differentiates children with and without familial risk for Dyslexia after controlling for general language skills

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-243

  Puolakanaho, Anne ^a,b   Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Lyytinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Vaajakoski Social Services Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DISORDER;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14744274281     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-004-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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