Genetic Constraints on the Development of Alphabetic Literacy: A Cognitive Study of Two 48,XXXY Cases

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-291

  Evans, Henryka M ^a   Seymour, Philip H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2542589543     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432997381574     Document Type: Article

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