Issues in the definition and classification of attention deficit disorder

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1-25

  Shaywitz, Sally E ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Shaywitz, Bennett A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder; Classification; Definition; Heterogeneity; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844522436     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-199408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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