The clinical spectrum of developmental language impairment in school-aged children: Language, cognitive, and motor findings

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Webster, Richard I ^a,b   Erdos, Caroline ^a   Evans, Karen ^a   Majnemer, Annette ^a   Kehayia, Eva ^a   Thordardottir, Elin ^a   Evans, Alan ^c   Shevell, Michael I ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Developmental delay; Language development; Language disorders; Motor development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33750963828     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2761     Document Type: Article

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