Cognitive Profile of Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-20

  Levine, Terry M ^a   Materek, April ^a   Abel, Jessica ^a   O'Donnell, Madeline ^b   Cutting, Laurie E ^a,c,d  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cognitive deficts; learning disabilities; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSENSUS; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MACROCEPHALY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SIBLING; SPELLING; VISION; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS;

EID: 33745506073     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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