Defining language phenotypes in autism

Clinical Neuroscience Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Tager Flusberg, Helen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Grammar; Language; Phonological processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAMMAR; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33749984465     PISSN: 15662772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnr.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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