Spect findings in children with specific language impairment

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-326

  Ors, Marianne ^a,c   Ryding, Erik ^a   Lindgren, Magnus ^b   Gustafsson, Peik ^a   Blennow, Gösta ^a   Rosén, Ingmar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; Basal ganglia; Language disorders; Lateralization; Specific language impairment; SPECT; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DISABILITY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 17644363685     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70269-7     Document Type: Article

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