A longitudinal study of language development in two children with Williams syndrome

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-310

  Levy, Yonata ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 3142752962     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000904006002     Document Type: Article

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