Genetic bases of developmental dyslexia: A capsule review of heritability estimates

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Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-288

  Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Componential processes of reading; Developmental dyslexia; Heritability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645154439     PISSN: 00137545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/enf.563.0273     Document Type: Review

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