Defining the behavioral phenotype in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-201

  Kodituwakku, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral phenotype; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Residual normality

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846059750     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.06.020     Document Type: Review

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