Stuttering in adults: The acoustic startle response, temperamental traits, and biological factors

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-41

  Alm, Per A ^a   Risberg, Jarl ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEARING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STARTLE REFLEX; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANXIETY; CALCIUM; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROLACTIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STARTLE REACTION; STUTTERING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33750957963     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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