Mathematics learning disability in girls with Turner syndrome or fragile X syndrome

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-210

  Murphy, Melissa M ^a,b   Mazzocco, Michèle M M ^a,b,c   Gerner, Gwendolyn ^b   Henry, Anne E ^b  

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

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragile X syndrome; Mathematics learning disability; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TURNER SYNDROME; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 33746871157     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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