Handedness and specific language impairment: A study of 6-year-old twins

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 362-369

  Bishop, D V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Handedness; Language impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HANDEDNESS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; TWINS;

EID: 20144361809     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20062     Document Type: Article

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