Low expressive vocabulary: Higher heritability as a function of more severe cases

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 792-804

  DeThorne, Laura S ^a,c   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Hayiou Thomas, Marianna E ^b,d   Plomin, Robert ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Language disorders; Research issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; LOW EXPRESSIVE VOCABULARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 29144525975     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/055)     Document Type: Article

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