Learning disabilities in children with neurofibromatosis type 1: Subtypes, cognitive profile, and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 973-977

  Hyman, Shelley L ^a   Shores, E Arthur ^b   North, Kathryn N ^a,c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33751109941     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206002131     Document Type: Article

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