Modes of genetic transmission of dyslexia in South Indian families

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 135-139

  Saviour, P ^a   Ramachandra, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Inheritance; Phenotype; Reading spelling deficit; Spelling deficit

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INDIA; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; READING; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPELLING; WRITING;

EID: 31044437285     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.19532     Document Type: Article

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