Mathematical disabilities in young primary school children with velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-280

  De Smedt, Bert ^a,b,c   Swillen, A ^a   Devriendt, K ^a   Fryns, J P ^a   Verschaffel, L ^a   Ghesquiere P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

22q11 deletion syndrome; Cognitive phenotype; Developmental dyscalculia; Number processing

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCARDIOFACIAL SYNDROME; WRITING;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; STUDENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750383980     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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