Biological basis of dyslexia: A maturing perspective

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-175

  Saviour, Pushpa ^a   Ramachandra, Nallur B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Candidate gene; Chromosomes; Dyslexia; Linkage; Loci

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644605462     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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