A multiple case study of verbal short-term memory in velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-469

  Majerus, Steve ^a   Glaser, B ^b   Van der Linden, M ^b   Eliez, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

22q11.2; Velo cardio facial syndrome; Verbal short term memory

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHONETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKULL SURGERY; SPEECH THERAPY; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 33646242263     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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